Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.19, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 19 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.19:

চাটিগ্রাম-নিবাসী ও অনেকে তথায পডেন বৈষ্ণব সব রহেন গঙ্গায ॥ ১৯ ॥

चाटिग्राम-निवासी ओ अनेके तथाय पडेन वैष्णव सब रहेन गङ्गाय ॥ १९ ॥

cāṭigrāma-nivāsī o aneke tathāya paḍena vaiṣṇava saba rahena gaṅgāya || 19 ||

catigrama-nivasi o aneke tathaya padena vaisnava saba rahena gangaya (19)

English translation:

(19) Many Vaiṣṇavas came from Caṭṭagrāma to live on the bank of the Ganges and study in Navadvīpa.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In order to study, the residents of the distant village of Caṭṭagrāma resided on the bank of the Ganges in Navadvīpa.

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