Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.14, 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 14 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.14
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.14:
হেন চৈতন্যের প্রিয-পাত্র বিদ্যানিধি হেন সব ভক্ত প্রকাশিলা গৌরনিধি ॥ ১৪ ॥
हेन चैतन्येर प्रिय-पात्र विद्यानिधि हेन सब भक्त प्रकाशिला गौरनिधि ॥ १४ ॥
hena caitanyera priya-pātra vidyānidhi hena saba bhakta prakāśilā gauranidhi || 14 ||
hena caitanyera priya-patra vidyanidhi hena saba bhakta prakasila gauranidhi (14)
English translation:
(14) Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi was such a dear associate of Lord Caitanya. Gaura Rāya manifested many such devotees in this world.