Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.29, 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 29 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.29
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.29:
পরম-পণ্ডিত-জ্ঞান হৈল সবার সবেই করেন দেখি’ সম্ভ্রম অপার ॥ ২৯ ॥
परम-पण्डित-ज्ञान हैल सबार सबेइ करेन देखि’ सम्भ्रम अपार ॥ २९ ॥
parama-paṇḍita-jñāna haila sabāra sabei karena dekhi’ sambhrama apāra || 29 ||
parama-pandita-jnana haila sabara sabei karena dekhi’ sambhrama apara (29)
English translation:
(29) Everyone considered Nimāi a most learned scholar, so they treated Him with awe and reverence.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Lord defeated all the teachers of Navadvīpa by His unparalleled knowledge and was established as the most learned scholar. Everyone
respected Him as the foremost scholar.