Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.58, 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 58 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.58
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.58:
রাঢে আসি’ গৌরচনদ্র হৈলা প্রবেশ অদ্যাপিহ সেই ভাগ্যে ধন্য রাঢ-দেশ ॥ ৫৮ ॥
राढे आसि’ गौरचनद्र हैला प्रवेश अद्यापिह सेइ भाग्ये धन्य राढ-देश ॥ ५८ ॥
rāḍhe āsi’ gauracanadra hailā praveśa adyāpiha sei bhāgye dhanya rāḍha-deśa || 58 ||
radhe asi’ gauracanadra haila pravesa adyapiha sei bhagye dhanya radha-desa (58)
English translation:
(58) Gauracandra then entered the province of Rāḍha-deśa, which as a result of that good fortune is glorified even today.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another name for Rāḍha-deśa is Rāṣṭra-pradeśa. It was a province situated far away from the administration that controlled it. Rāḍha-deśa, situated on the western bank of the Ganges, was called Rāṣṭra-pradeśa in Gauḍapura, the capitol of Bengal.