Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.72, 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 72 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.72
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.72:
বুদ্ধিমন্ত-খান আর মুকুন্দ-সঞ্জয গোষ্ঠী-সহ আইলেন প্রভুর আলয ॥ ৭২ ॥
बुद्धिमन्त-खान आर मुकुन्द-सञ्जय गोष्ठी-सह आइलेन प्रभुर आलय ॥ ७२ ॥
buddhimanta-khāna āra mukunda-sañjaya goṣṭhī-saha āilena prabhura ālaya || 72 ||
buddhimanta-khana ara mukunda-sanjaya gosthi-saha ailena prabhura alaya (72)
English translation:
(72) Buddhimanta Khān, Mukunda Sañjaya, and their associates all came to the Lord’s house.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Both Buddhimanta Khān and Mukunda Sañjaya of Navadvīpa were respectable, rich, and prosperous in all regards. Rich persons kept various medicines and doctors in their houses. Poor people who had no assets whatsoever depended on them for their survival.