Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.73, 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 73 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.73
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.73:
প্রথমেই বলিলেন শ্রীবাস উদার “গোত্র বাডাউন কৃষ্ণ আমা সবাকার” ॥ ৭৩ ॥
प्रथमेइ बलिलेन श्रीवास उदार “गोत्र बाडाउन कृष्ण आमा सबाकार” ॥ ७३ ॥
prathamei balilena śrīvāsa udāra “gotra bāḍāuna kṛṣṇa āmā sabākāra” || 73 ||
prathamei balilena srivasa udara “gotra badauna krsna ama sabakara” (73)
English translation:
(73) The magnanimous Śrīvāsa was the first to speak, “May Kṛṣṇa increase our family.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word gotra means “family” or “assembly.”