Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.16.66, 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 66 of Madhya-khanda chapter 16—“The Lord’s Acceptance of Shuklambara’s Rice”.
Verse 2.16.66
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.16.66:
মথুরা-নিবাসী এক পরম বৈষ্ণব তোমার দেখিতে আইল চরণ-বৈভব ॥ ৬৬ ॥
मथुरा-निवासी एक परम वैष्णव तोमार देखिते आइल चरण-वैभव ॥ ६६ ॥
mathurā-nivāsī eka parama vaiṣṇava tomāra dekhite āila caraṇa-vaibhava || 66 ||
mathura-nivasi eka parama vaisnava tomara dekhite aila carana-vaibhava (66)
English translation:
(66) “A great Vaiṣṇava from Mathurā came to see Your glorious lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The mathurā-nivāsī vaiṣṇava referred to herein was Gaurasundara Himself. Gaurasundara, who has incarnated as a devotee, identified Himself as a Vaiṣṇava, and since He was nondifferent from the son of Nanda, He referred to Himself as mathurā-nivāsī, a resident of Mathurā.