Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.7, 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 7 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.7
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.7:
করিযা সন্ন্যাস বৈকুণ্ঠের অধীশ্বর সে রাত্রি আছিলা প্রভু কণ্টক-নগর ॥ ৭ ॥
करिया सन्न्यास वैकुण्ठेर अधीश्वर से रात्रि आछिला प्रभु कण्टक-नगर ॥ ७ ॥
kariyā sannyāsa vaikuṇṭhera adhīśvara se rātri āchilā prabhu kaṇṭaka-nagara || 7 ||
kariya sannyasa vaikunthera adhisvara se ratri achila prabhu kantaka-nagara (7)
English translation:
(7) After accepting sannyāsa, the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha spent the night in Kaṇṭaka-nagara, or Katwa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a description of Kaṇṭaka-nagara one should refer to the purport of