Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.123, 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 123 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 2.3.123:

জানিযা আইলা ঝাট নবদ্বীপ-পুরে আসিযা রহিলা নন্দন-আচার্যের ঘরে ॥ ১২৩ ॥

जानिया आइला झाट नवद्वीप-पुरे आसिया रहिला नन्दन-आचार्येर घरे ॥ १२३ ॥

jāniyā āilā jhāṭa navadvīpa-pure āsiyā rahilā nandana-ācāryera ghare || 123 ||

janiya aila jhata navadvipa-pure asiya rahila nandana-acaryera ghare (123)

English translation:

(123) On realizing this, He immediately went to Navadvīpa, where He stayed at the house of Nandana Ācārya.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word jhāṭa means “quickly.” For a description of Nandana Ācārya, one may see Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 10.39) or Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter Seventeen.

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