Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.74, 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 74 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.74
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.74:
দিন-অবশেষে প্রভু এক ধন্য গ্রামে রহিলেন পুণ্যবন্ত-ব্রাহ্মণ-আশ্রমে ॥ ৭৪ ॥
दिन-अवशेषे प्रभु एक धन्य ग्रामे रहिलेन पुण्यवन्त-ब्राह्मण-आश्रमे ॥ ७४ ॥
dina-avaśeṣe prabhu eka dhanya grāme rahilena puṇyavanta-brāhmaṇa-āśrame || 74 ||
dina-avasese prabhu eka dhanya grame rahilena punyavanta-brahmana-asrame (74)
English translation:
(74) At the end of the day the Lord came to one fortunate village and stayed in the house of one pious brāhmaṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śabda-nirṇaya dictionary the following statement is found: anapekṣo guṇaiḥ pūrṇo dhanya ity ucyate budhaiḥ—“When extraordinary qualities are found in an object it is called dhanya by those who are learned.”