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”.
Verse 1.11.19
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.