Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.47, 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 47 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.47:

হৈল ‘নরক’-নামে পুত্র মহাবল আপনে পুত্রেরে ধর্ম কহিল সকল ॥ ৪৭ ॥

हैल ‘नरक’-नामे पुत्र महाबल आपने पुत्रेरे धर्म कहिल सकल ॥ ४७ ॥

haila ‘naraka’-nāme putra mahābala āpane putrere dharma kahila sakala || 47 ||

haila ‘naraka’-name putra mahabala apane putrere dharma kahila sakala (47)

English translation:

(47) “I begot a powerful son named Naraka, and I personally instructed him on religious principles.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“As a result of My touch, a most powerful son named Naraka was born. I instructed him about religious principles.”

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