Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.161, 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 161 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.
Verse 2.3.161
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.161:
দুই মহা-ভাগবত প্রভুর আদেশে সর্ব-নবদ্বীপ চাহি’ বুলযে হরিষে ॥ ১৬১ ॥
दुइ महा-भागवत प्रभुर आदेशे सर्व-नवद्वीप चाहि’ बुलये हरिषे ॥ १६१ ॥
dui mahā-bhāgavata prabhura ādeśe sarva-navadvīpa cāhi’ bulaye hariṣe || 161 ||
dui maha-bhagavata prabhura adese sarva-navadvipa cahi’ bulaye harise (161)
English translation:
(161) On the order of the Lord, the two mahā-bhāgavatas happily searched throughout Navadvīpa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Both Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita are mahā-bhāgavatas. By the will of Śrī Gaurasundara they began to joyfully search all the villages of Navadvīpa beginning with Śrī Māyāpur to find that great personality who had appeared in the Lord’s dream.