Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.113, 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 113 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.113
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.113:
নিত্যানন্দ-সঙ্গে করি’ গঙ্গায মজ্জন `গঙ্গা গঙ্গা’ বলি’ বহু করিলা স্তবন ॥ ১১৩ ॥
नित्यानन्द-सङ्गे करि’ गङ्गाय मज्जन `गङ्गा गङ्गा’ बलि’ बहु करिला स्तवन ॥ ११३ ॥
nityānanda-saṅge kari’ gaṅgāya majjana `gaṅgā gaṅgā’ bali’ bahu karilā stavana || 113 ||
nityananda-sange kari’ gangaya majjana `ganga ganga’ bali’ bahu karila stavana (113)
English translation:
(113) The Lord took bath in the Ganges with Nityānanda and repeatedly recited the name of Gaṅgā in the course of offering many prayers.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another reading for bahu (“many”) is prabhu (“the Lord”), and another
reading for stavana (“prayers”) is krandana (“crying”).