Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.23, 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 23 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.23
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.23:
বিকাল হৈলে আসি’ ভাগবত-গণ অদ্বৈত-সভায সবে হযেন মিলন ॥ ২৩ ॥
विकाल हैले आसि’ भागवत-गण अद्वैत-सभाय सबे हयेन मिलन ॥ २३ ॥
vikāla haile āsi’ bhāgavata-gaṇa advaita-sabhāya sabe hayena milana || 23 ||
vikala haile asi’ bhagavata-gana advaita-sabhaya sabe hayena milana (23)
English translation:
(23) In the afternoon all the devotees regularly met in the house of Advaita Prabhu.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
After completing their days work, the devotees gathered in the afternoons at the house of Advaita Ācārya Prabhu in Śrī Māyāpur. Since Śrī Gaurasundara had not yet manifest His pastimes as the shelter of the devotees, Śrī Advaita Prabhu was the shelter of all Vaiṣṇavas.