Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.136, 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 136 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.
Verse 2.3.136
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.136:
নবদ্বীপে নিত্যানন্দ-চন্দ্র-আগমন ইহা যেই শুনে, তারে মিলে প্রেম-ধন ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
नवद्वीपे नित्यानन्द-चन्द्र-आगमन इहा येइ शुने, तारे मिले प्रेम-धन ॥ १३६ ॥
navadvīpe nityānanda-candra-āgamana ihā yei śune, tāre mile prema-dhana || 136 ||
navadvipe nityananda-candra-agamana iha yei sune, tare mile prema-dhana (136)
English translation:
(136) Anyone who hears about the arrival of Nityānanda in Navadvīpa will certainly receive the wealth of love.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Those who hear the topics of Lord Nityānanda’s auspicious arrival in Navadvīpa become conversant with His distribution of love of Godhead, or kṛṣṇa-prema, and achieve love for Kṛṣṇa.