Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.300, 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 300 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.300
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.300:
`বারকোণা-ঘটে’, `নগরিযা-ঘাটে’ গিযা `গঙ্গার নগর’ দিযা গেলা `সিমুলিযা’ ॥ ৩০০ ॥
`बारकोणा-घटे’, `नगरिया-घाटे’ गिया `गङ्गार नगर’ दिया गेला `सिमुलिया’ ॥ ३०० ॥
`bārakoṇā-ghaṭe’, `nagariyā-ghāṭe’ giyā `gaṅgāra nagara’ diyā gelā `simuliyā’ || 300 ||
`barakona-ghate’, `nagariya-ghate’ giya `gangara nagara’ diya gela `simuliya’ (300)
English translation:
(300) After passing by Bārakoṇā-ghāṭa and Nāgariyā-ghāṭa, He went through Gaṅgānagara to Simuliyā.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Bārakoṇā-ghāṭa was situated after Mādhāi’s ghāṭa. After that came a huge ghāṭa for the town residents. After that came the village of Gaṅgānagara. Some time ago Gaṅgānagara was situated adjacent to the village of Bhāruiḍāṅgā. The ancient village of Simuliyā was situated less
than a mile from the northeast corner of Gaṅgānagara. Since the Ganges presently flows within the “Chadi Gaṅgā,” riverbank, which is also known as “Guḍguḍe,” some parts of the Simuliyā village have been swept away, and the area that has been swept away has at various times been called Kṛṣṇanagara, Carakāṣṭhaśālī, Tāraṇavāsa, and Kaḍiyāṭi. At present the goddess Simantinī is situated under a pipal tree in the place known as Khālsepāḍā. During the time of the Lord, the village of Simuliyā was situated a few thousand cubits from here.