Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.15.76, 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 76 of Madhya-khanda chapter 15—“Descriptions of Madhavananda’s Realization”.
Verse 2.15.76
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.15.76:
প্রভু বলে,—“শুন, কহি তোমারে উপায গঙ্গা-ঘাট তুমি সজ্জ করহ সদায ॥ ৭৬ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“शुन, कहि तोमारे उपाय गङ्गा-घाट तुमि सज्ज करह सदाय ॥ ७६ ॥
prabhu bale,—“śuna, kahi tomāre upāya gaṅgā-ghāṭa tumi sajja karaha sadāya || 76 ||
prabhu bale,—“suna, kahi tomare upaya ganga-ghata tumi sajja karaha sadaya (76)
English translation:
(76) The Lord said, “Listen as I tell you the means. Construct a bathing
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
ghāṭa on the bank of the Ganges.
The phrase gaṅgā-ghāṭa sajja is explained as follows: Nityānanda Prabhu ordered Mādhāi to construct a bathing ghāṭa on the bank of the Ganges so that the people of Nadia could comfortably take bath in the Ganges.
Nowadays a few sinful people who are envious of the devotees misguide the world by saying that the village of Mahatpura, near Ekaḍālā, is Mādhāi’s ghāṭa. Since these sinful people invited their own inauspiciousness by blaspheming the Vaiṣṇavas, Mādhāi’s ghāṭa became lost to encourage their sinful activities. Mādhāi’s ghāṭa was situated near the present site of Śrīnāthapura. But in order to enhance their accumulated sins, those inclined to sinful activities imagine the village of Mātāpura to be Mādhāi’s ghāṭa. According to geographic evidence, however, it [Mātāpura] is part of Modadrumadvīpa; it can never be Mādhāi’s ghāṭa. Since for business purpose a person from Kuliyā some time ago fabricated that Mahatpura was Mādhāi’s ghāṭa, the Ganges swept him away. Regarding the location of Mādhāi’s ghāṭa one should refer to Citra Navadvīpa, page 52.