Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.17.46, 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 46 of Adi-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Travel to Gaya”.
Verse 1.17.46
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.46:
দৈব-যোগে ঈশ্বর-পুরী ও সেই-ক্ষণে আইলেন ঈশ্বর-ইচ্ছায সেই-স্থানে ॥ ৪৬ ॥
दैव-योगे ईश्वर-पुरी ओ सेइ-क्षणे आइलेन ईश्वर-इच्छाय सेइ-स्थाने ॥ ४६ ॥
daiva-yoge īśvara-purī o sei-kṣaṇe āilena īśvara-icchāya sei-sthāne || 46 ||
daiva-yoge isvara-puri o sei-ksane ailena isvara-icchaya sei-sthane (46)
English translation:
(46) By the divine will of the Supreme Lord, at that moment Śrī Īśvara Purī arrived at that place.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When Lord Śrī Gaurasundara’s hair stood on end due to love of God while seeing His own lotus feet, by the will of the Lord and by providence, Śrī Īśvara Purīpāda arrived there as a mahānta-guru in order to serve his own Lord by assisting Him in His pastimes. In order to disclose that He is a descendent of Śrīmad Pūrṇaprajña Madhvācārya Ānandatīrtha in the Vedic disciplic succession, Śrī Gaurasundara, who is the Supreme Lord of all ācāryas, inspired Īśvara Purīpāda to come there.