Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.232, 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 232 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.232
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.232:
হেন-মতে শ্রী-গৌরসুন্দর বনমালী আছে গূঢ-রূপে নিজানন্দে কুতুহলী ॥ ২৩২ ॥
हेन-मते श्री-गौरसुन्दर वनमाली आछे गूढ-रूपे निजानन्दे कुतुहली ॥ २३२ ॥
hena-mate śrī-gaurasundara vanamālī āche gūḍha-rūpe nijānande kutuhalī || 232 ||
hena-mate sri-gaurasundara vanamali ache gudha-rupe nijanande kutuhali (232)
English translation:
(232) In this way Śrī Gaurasundara, who is nondifferent from Lord Kṛṣṇa, lived in Navadvīpa incognito, while relishing His own ecstasy.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase gaurasundara vanamālī indicates that Śrī Gaurasundara is nondifferent from Vrajendra-nandana.