Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.21, 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 21 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.21
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.21:
অন্যো ‘ন্যে মিলি’ সবে পডিযা শুনিযা করেন গোবিন্দ-চর্চা নিভৃতে বসিযা ॥ ২১ ॥
अन्यो ‘न्ये मिलि’ सबे पडिया शुनिया करेन गोविन्द-चर्चा निभृते वसिया ॥ २१ ॥
anyo ‘nye mili’ sabe paḍiyā śuniyā karena govinda-carcā nibhṛte vasiyā || 21 ||
anyo ‘nye mili’ sabe padiya suniya karena govinda-carca nibhrte vasiya (21)
English translation:
(21) After school hours, they regularly met together in a solitary place to discuss topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Not receiving any encouragement for worshiping Kṛṣṇa from Śrī Gaurasundara, the Vaiṣṇavas of that time cultivated Kṛṣṇa consciousness in seclusion. Wherever there is no direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord or His dear associate, nirjana-bhajana, or solitary worship of the Lord, is appropriate. Otherwise it is prescribed that one should engage in hari-kīrtana only under the guidance of the Supreme Lord or His devotee.