Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.100, 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 100 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.100:

গঙ্গা-জলে বিহার করিযা কত-ক্ষণ গৃহে আসি’ করে প্রভু শ্রী-বিষ্ণু-পূজন ॥ ১০০ ॥

गङ्गा-जले विहार करिया कत-क्षण गृहे आसि’ करे प्रभु श्री-विष्णु-पूजन ॥ १०० ॥

gaṅgā-jale vihāra kariyā kata-kṣaṇa gṛhe āsi’ kare prabhu śrī-viṣṇu-pūjana || 100 ||

ganga-jale vihara kariya kata-ksana grhe asi’ kare prabhu sri-visnu-pujana (100)

English translation:

(100) The Lord sported in the waters of the Ganges for some time and then returned home to worship Lord Viṣṇu.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

There was a temple of Viṣṇu in the Lord’s house. In that temple the Lord worshiped a śālagrāma-śilā as Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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