Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.78, 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 78 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.78
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.78:
যত যত স্থানে সব পার্ষদ জন্মিলা অল্পে অল্পে সবে নবদ্বীপেরে আইলা ॥ ৭৮ ॥
यत यत स्थाने सब पार्षद जन्मिला अल्पे अल्पे सबे नवद्वीपेरे आइला ॥ ७८ ॥
yata yata sthāne saba pārṣada janmilā alpe alpe sabe navadvīpere āilā || 78 ||
yata yata sthane saba parsada janmila alpe alpe sabe navadvipere aila (78)
English translation:
(78) All the Lord’s associates who took birth in different places gradually came to Navadvīpa and joined Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In order to reveal that the Supreme Lord and His associates are not bound by material time, place, and circumstances, the devotees of the Lord take birth in various castes, various countries, and various times. Wherever, whenever, and in whatever circumstance they are born, they eagerly
engage in the service of Śrī Caitanyadeva, the Absolute Truth.