Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.324, 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 324 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.324
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.324:
এই-মত আনন্দ হয নবদ্বীপ-পুরে প্রেম-রসে বৈকুণ্ঠের নাযক বিহরে ॥ ৩২৪ ॥
एइ-मत आनन्द हय नवद्वीप-पुरे प्रेम-रसे वैकुण्ठेर नायक विहरे ॥ ३२४ ॥
ei-mata ānanda haya navadvīpa-pure prema-rase vaikuṇṭhera nāyaka vihare || 324 ||
ei-mata ananda haya navadvipa-pure prema-rase vaikunthera nayaka vihare (324)
English translation:
(324) In this way, various ecstatic pastimes took place in Navadvīpa as the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha enjoyed His pastimes of ecstatic love.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word navadvīpa-pura refers to Gauḍa-pura, or Śrī Māyāpur village.