Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.66, 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 66 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.66-67
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.66-67:
বঙ্গ-দেশে গৌরচন্দ্র করিলা প্রবেশ অদ্যাপিহ সেই ভাগ্যে ধন্য বঙ্গ-দেশ পদ্মাবতী-তীরে রহিলেন গৌরচন্দ্র শুনি’ সর্ব-লোক বড হৈল আনন্দ ॥ ৬৬-৬৭ ॥
बङ्ग-देशे गौरचन्द्र करिला प्रवेश अद्यापिह सेइ भाग्ये धन्य बङ्ग-देश पद्मावती-तीरे रहिलेन गौरचन्द्र शुनि’ सर्व-लोक बड हैल आनन्द ॥ ६६-६७ ॥
baṅga-deśe gauracandra karilā praveśa adyāpiha sei bhāgye dhanya baṅga-deśa padmāvatī-tīre rahilena gauracandra śuni’ sarva-loka baḍa haila ānanda || 66-67 ||
banga-dese gauracandra karila pravesa adyapiha sei bhagye dhanya banga-desa padmavati-tire rahilena gauracandra suni’ sarva-loka bada haila ananda (66-67)
English translation:
(66-67) Because Śrī Gauracandra entered East Bengal, it is considered glorious even today. People were overjoyed to hear that Gauracandra was staying on the banks of the Padmāvatī River.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Both the tracts of land on the banks of the Ganges known as Gauḍa-deśa, or West Bengal, and the tracts of land on the banks of the Padmāvatī known as East Bengal were generally known as Baṅga-deśa, or Bengal.
Generally the other side of the Padmāvatī is known as Pūrva-deśa, or East Bengal. This book does not mention which village became glorious and holy by receiving the dust from the lotus feet of the Lord. Some people say that it was the village Magḍoba, in the district of Faridpura.