Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.106, 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 106 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.106
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.106:
প্রভু বলে,—“এ মহিমা কেবল গঙ্গার অতএব এতা হরি-নামের প্রচার ॥ ১০৬ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“ए महिमा केवल गङ्गार अतएव एता हरि-नामेर प्रचार ॥ १०६ ॥
prabhu bale,—“e mahimā kevala gaṅgāra ataeva etā hari-nāmera pracāra || 106 ||
prabhu bale,—“e mahima kevala gangara ataeva eta hari-namera pracara (106)
English translation:
(106) The Lord said, “This is the glory of the Ganges. By her influence one hears the holy names chanted here.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another reading for pracāra (“propagation”) is sañcāra (“appearance”).