Verse 2.1.318-319

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.318-319:

যমুনার তীরে যেন বেডি’ গোপ-গণ নানা-ক্রীডা করিলেন নন্দের নন্দন সেই-মত শচীর নন্দন গঙ্গা-তীরে ভক্তের সহিত কৃষ্ণ-প্রসঙ্গে বিহরে ॥ ৩১৮-৩১৯ ॥

यमुनार तीरे येन बेडि’ गोप-गण नाना-क्रीडा करिलेन नन्देर नन्दन सेइ-मत शचीर नन्दन गङ्गा-तीरे भक्तेर सहित कृष्ण-प्रसङ्गे विहरे ॥ ३१८-३१९ ॥

yamunāra tīre yena beḍi’ gopa-gaṇa nānā-krīḍā karilena nandera nandana sei-mata śacīra nandana gaṅgā-tīre bhaktera sahita kṛṣṇa-prasaṅge vihare || 318-319 ||

yamunara tire yena bedi’ gopa-gana nana-krida karilena nandera nandana sei-mata sacira nandana ganga-tire bhaktera sahita krsna-prasange vihare (318-319)

English translation:

(318-319) Just as the son of Mahārāja Nanda enjoyed various sporting activities on the bank of the Yamunā while surrounded by the cowherd boys, the son of Śacī enjoyed discussing topics of Kṛṣṇa on the bank of the Ganges surrounded by His devotees.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Just as the son of Mahārāja Nanda enjoyed His pastimes with the gopīs on the banks of the Kālindī River, the son of Śacī surrounded by His students similarly engaged in glorifying topics of Kṛṣṇa’s names, forms, qualities, and pastimes on the bank of the Ganges. Rather than accepting that Gaurasundara spent His time discussing topics of Kṛṣṇa, the foolish gaura-nāgarīs imagine that He was a nāgara, or amorous lover. In order to counteract such imagination, the author has used the phrase kṛṣṇa- prasaṅga, or “topics related with Kṛṣṇa,” while describing Gaurasundara’s pastime of kṛṣṇa-kīrtana.