Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.20, 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 20 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.20
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.20:
এই-মতে বিদ্যা-রসে বৈকুণ্ঠ-ঈশ্বর ভ্রমিতে দেখেন আর দিনে গদাধর ॥ ২০ ॥
एइ-मते विद्या-रसे वैकुण्ठ-ईश्वर भ्रमिते देखेन आर दिने गदाधर ॥ २० ॥
ei-mate vidyā-rase vaikuṇṭha-īśvara bhramite dekhena āra dine gadādhara || 20 ||
ei-mate vidya-rase vaikuntha-isvara bhramite dekhena ara dine gadadhara (20)
English translation:
(20) In this way the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha enjoyed the life of a scholar. One day, while wandering about Navadvīpa, Nimāi met Gadādhara.