Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.97, 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 97 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.97
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.97:
কত শত-শত জন পদবী লভিযা ঘরে যায, আর কত আইসে শুনিযা ॥ ৯৭ ॥
कत शत-शत जन पदवी लभिया घरे याय, आर कत आइसे शुनिया ॥ ९७ ॥
kata śata-śata jana padavī labhiyā ghare yāya, āra kata āise śuniyā || 97 ||
kata sata-sata jana padavi labhiya ghare yaya, ara kata aise suniya (97)
English translation:
(97) Hundreds of students received titles and returned home, and, hearing about this, many new students joined.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
During the time of the Lord, the teachers awarded titles to their own students. By these titles, scholars were recognized as authorities on a particular scripture. In other words, a person was identified as possessing knowledge of a particular scripture according to the title he received after completing his studies.