Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.4.72, 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 72 of Madhya-khanda chapter 4—“Revelation of Nityananda’s Glories”.
Verse 2.4.72
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.4.72:
‘রঘুনাথ,’ ‘যদুনাথ’—যেন নাম ভেদ এই-মত ভেদ—`নিত্যানন্দ’, ‘বলদেব’ ॥ ৭২ ॥
‘रघुनाथ,’ ‘यदुनाथ’—येन नाम भेद एइ-मत भेद—`नित्यानन्द’, ‘बलदेव’ ॥ ७२ ॥
‘raghunātha,’ ‘yadunātha’—yena nāma bheda ei-mata bheda—`nityānanda’, ‘baladeva’ || 72 ||
‘raghunatha,’ ‘yadunatha’—yena nama bheda ei-mata bheda—`nityananda’, ‘baladeva’ (72)
English translation:
(72) Just as Raghunātha and Yadunātha are different names for the same person, I know that Nityānanda and Baladeva are different only in name.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Just as Rāghava Rāmacandra and Yādava Kṛṣṇa are nondifferent, yet Their names are different because of Their different pastimes; Nityānanda and Gaurasundara are different from Baladeva and Kṛṣṇa only in name because of the difference in Their pastimes.