Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.52, 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 52 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.52
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.52:
তবে প্রভু কত আপ্ত শিষ্য-বর্গ লৈযা চলিলেন বঙ্গ-দেশে-হরষিত হৈযা ॥ ৫২ ॥
तबे प्रभु कत आप्त शिष्य-वर्ग लैया चलिलेन बङ्ग-देशे-हरषित हैया ॥ ५२ ॥
tabe prabhu kata āpta śiṣya-varga laiyā calilena baṅga-deśe-haraṣita haiyā || 52 ||
tabe prabhu kata apta sisya-varga laiya calilena banga-dese-harasita haiya (52)
English translation:
(52) Then the Lord took some of His students and happily departed for East Bengal.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Lord did not travel alone from Gauḍa to the eastern Gauḍa province of Baṅga-deśa. Nimāi Paṇḍita, the crest jewel of teachers, was accompanied to East Bengal by many of His favorite students who were residents of Gauḍapura, Navadvīpa-Māyāpur.