Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.60, 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 60 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.60
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.60:
পরম-অদ্ভুত কথা, মহা অসম্ভব ‘নিমাই-পণ্ডিত হৈলা পরম বৈষ্ণব’ ॥ ৬০ ॥
परम-अद्भुत कथा, महा असम्भव ‘निमाइ-पण्डित हैला परम वैष्णव’ ॥ ६० ॥
parama-adbhuta kathā, mahā asambhava ‘nimāi-paṇḍita hailā parama vaiṣṇava’ || 60 ||
parama-adbhuta katha, maha asambhava ‘nimai-pandita haila parama vaisnava’ (60)
English translation:
(60) “A most wonderful and most impossible incident has occurred: Nimāi Paṇḍita has become the greatest Vaiṣṇava.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“The same Nimāi Paṇḍita who a few days before was the crest jewel of logicians and who ridiculed the Vaiṣṇavas with caricatures and teasing words has now become a great Vaiṣṇava.”