Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.302, 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 302 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.302
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.302:
ভাগ্যবতী-মহানদী জলে করি’ স্নান আইলেন প্রভু সাক্ষি-গোপালের স্থান ॥ ৩০২ ॥
भाग्यवती-महानदी जले करि’ स्नान आइलेन प्रभु साक्षि-गोपालेर स्थान ॥ ३०२ ॥
bhāgyavatī-mahānadī jale kari’ snāna āilena prabhu sākṣi-gopālera sthāna || 302 ||
bhagyavati-mahanadi jale kari’ snana ailena prabhu saksi-gopalera sthana (302)
English translation:
(302) After taking bath in the sacred Mahānadī River, the Lord went to the temple of Sākṣi-gopāla.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Cuttack is situated between the Mahānadī River and Kāṭjuḍī and is the capitol of Orissa. A branch of Śrī Caitanya Maṭha, named Śrī Sac-cid- ānanda Maṭha, has been established in this city. The Deity of Śrī Gaurasundara and Śrī Vinoda-ramaṇa Jīu are regularly worshiped within the temple. From this temple various devotional scriptures and spiritual magazines are published in Oriya language.