Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.30, 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 30 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.30
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.30:
চাটিগ্রামে আছেন, এথায ও বাডীআছে আসিবেন সংপ্রতি, দেখিবা কিছু পাছে ॥ ৩০ ॥
चाटिग्रामे आछेन, एथाय ओ बाडीआछे आसिबेन संप्रति, देखिबा किछु पाछे ॥ ३० ॥
cāṭigrāme āchena, ethāya o bāḍīāche āsibena saṃprati, dekhibā kichu pāche || 30 ||
catigrame achena, ethaya o badiache asibena samprati, dekhiba kichu pache (30)
English translation:
(30) “He lives in Caṭṭagrāma, yet he also has a house here. He will come soon, then you will all see him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Although Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi resided in Caṭṭagrāma, he had a house on the bank of the Ganges in Śrī Māyāpur. At that time the learned scholars of Gauḍa-deśa came to the city of Navadvīpa and established their own schools.