Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.179, 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 179 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.179
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.179:
“কানাঞির নাটশালা-নামে এক গ্রাম গযা হৈতে আসিতে দেখিনু সেই স্থান ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
“कानाञिर नाटशाला-नामे एक ग्राम गया हैते आसिते देखिनु सेइ स्थान ॥ १७९ ॥
“kānāñira nāṭaśālā-nāme eka grāma gayā haite āsite dekhinu sei sthāna || 179 ||
“kananira natasala-name eka grama gaya haite asite dekhinu sei sthana (179)
English translation:
(179) “While returning from Gayā I came to the village named Kānāi Nāṭaśālā.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The place known as Kānāi Nāṭaśālā is known by local people as Kānhāiyāra-sthāna. This place is situated two miles northeast of the Tālajhāḍi railway station on the Howrah, Katwa, Azimganja, Barharwa Loop line of the Eastern Railway. One can also go there by highway via Maṅgala-hāṭa village. Kānāi Nāṭaśālā is surrounded on all sides by dense forest. Śrīmatī Rādhikā and Śrī Kānhāiyālālaji along with many śālagrāma-śilās are being worshiped in a temple at the top of a small hill there since time immemorial. It is said that adjacent to this temple there is a stone slab marked with the lotus footprints of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They are all worshiped now by a renounced pūjārī. Between the footprints and the temple, another temple dedicated to the lotus feet of Gaura has been built by the enthusiastic servants of Śrī Caitanya
Maṭha of Śrīdhāma Māyāpur in the year 443 Gaurābda (1929). The Ganges and the nearest habitation are both one mile from this place.