Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.138, 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 138 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.
Verse 2.3.138
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.138:
পূর্ব-ব্যপদেশে সর্ব-বৈষ্ণবের স্থানে ব্যঞ্জিযা আছেন, কেহ মর্ম নাহি জানে ॥ ১৩৮ ॥
पूर्व-व्यपदेशे सर्व-वैष्णवेर स्थाने व्यञ्जिया आछेन, केह मर्म नाहि जाने ॥ १३८ ॥
pūrva-vyapadeśe sarva-vaiṣṇavera sthāne vyañjiyā āchena, keha marma nāhi jāne || 138 ||
purva-vyapadese sarva-vaisnavera sthane vyanjiya achena, keha marma nahi jane (138)
English translation:
(138) On some pretext the Lord had previously given the Vaiṣṇavas some hint about Nityānanda’s arrival, yet none of them had understood.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Before the arrival of Nityānanda, Gaurasundara had hinted to the Vaiṣṇavas that some great personality would come, but the Vaiṣṇavas could not grasp the meaning of Gaurasundara’s statement.