Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.259, 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 259 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.259
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.259:
আমিহ বিরলে গিযা বসি’ পুঙ্থি চাই বিকালে সকলে যেন হৈ এক ঠাঙি” ॥ ২৫৯ ॥
आमिह विरले गिया वसि’ पुङ्थि चाइ विकाले सकले येन है एक ठाङि” ॥ २५९ ॥
āmiha virale giyā vasi’ puṅthi cāi vikāle sakale yena hai eka ṭhāṅi” || 259 ||
amiha virale giya vasi’ punthi cai vikale sakale yena hai eka thani” (259)
English translation:
(259) “I will also go sit in a solitary place and look at My books. Let us meet together in the afternoon.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The words puṅthi cāi, or cinti, mean “to study a book.”