Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.284, 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 284 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.284
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.284:
আর কিবা গঙ্গাদাস-পণ্ডিতের সাধ্য? যাঙ্র শিষ্য—চতুর্-দশ-ভুবন-আরাধ্য ॥ ২৮৪ ॥
आर किबा गङ्गादास-पण्डितेर साध्य? याङ्र शिष्य—चतुर्-दश-भुवन-आराध्य ॥ २८४ ॥
āra kibā gaṅgādāsa-paṇḍitera sādhya? yāṅra śiṣya—catur-daśa-bhuvana-ārādhya || 284 ||
ara kiba gangadasa-panditera sadhya? yanra sisya—catur-dasa-bhuvana-aradhya (284)
English translation:
(284) What else is there to be attained by Gaṅgādāsa Paṇḍita, whose student is worshiped throughout the fourteen worlds?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase āra kibā sādhya means “what other superior desired result is there?”