Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.17.30, 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 30 of Adi-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Travel to Gaya”.
Verse 1.17.30
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.30:
গযা তীর্থ-রাজে প্রভু প্রবিষ্ট হৈযা নমস্করিলেন প্রভু শ্রীকর যুডিযা ॥ ৩০ ॥
गया तीर्थ-राजे प्रभु प्रविष्ट हैया नमस्करिलेन प्रभु श्रीकर युडिया ॥ ३० ॥
gayā tīrtha-rāje prabhu praviṣṭa haiyā namaskarilena prabhu śrīkara yuḍiyā || 30 ||
gaya tirtha-raje prabhu pravista haiya namaskarilena prabhu srikara yudiya (30)
English translation:
(30) As the Lord entered Gayā, the king of holy places, He offered obeisances with folded hands.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
By offering obeisances to Gayā, which is the king of holy places, the Lord displayed His quality of bhakta-vātsalya, affection for His devotees.