Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.57, 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 57 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.57
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.57:
বৈকুন্ঠে গেলাঙ কৃষ্ণ দেখিবার তরে শুনিলাম কৃষ্ণ গেলা নদীযা-নগরে ॥ ৫৭ ॥
वैकुन्ठे गेलाङ कृष्ण देखिबार तरे शुनिलाम कृष्ण गेला नदीया-नगरे ॥ ५७ ॥
vaikunṭhe gelāṅa kṛṣṇa dekhibāra tare śunilāma kṛṣṇa gelā nadīyā-nagare || 57 ||
vaikunthe gelana krsna dekhibara tare sunilama krsna gela nadiya-nagare (57)
English translation:
(57) “I went to Vaikuṇṭha to see Kṛṣṇa, but I heard there that Kṛṣṇa had gone to Nadia.