Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.16, 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 16 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.16
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.16:
সবে বলে—’পুণ্ডরীক’ বলেন কৃষ্ণেরে ‘বিদ্যানিধি’-নাম শুনি’ সবেই বিচারে ॥ ১৬ ॥
सबे बले—’पुण्डरीक’ बलेन कृष्णेरे ‘विद्यानिधि’-नाम शुनि’ सबेइ विचारे ॥ १६ ॥
sabe bale—’puṇḍarīka’ balena kṛṣṇere ‘vidyānidhi’-nāma śuni’ sabei vicāre || 16 ||
sabe bale—’pundarika’ balena krsnere ‘vidyanidhi’-nama suni’ sabei vicare (16)
English translation:
(16) They said that ‘Puṇḍarīka’ refers to Kṛṣṇa. But on hearing the name ‘Vidyānidhi,’ they began to consider.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
On hearing the word ‘Puṇḍarīka’ from the mouth of Gaurasundara, the devotees first thought it was the name of Kṛṣṇa, because at that time they had no idea who Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi was.