Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.304, 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 304 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.304
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.304:
`প্রভু’, বলি’ নমস্কার করেন স্তবন অদ্ভুত করেন প্রেম-আনন্দ-ক্রন্দন ॥ ৩০৪ ॥
`प्रभु’, बलि’ नमस्कार करेन स्तवन अद्भुत करेन प्रेम-आनन्द-क्रन्दन ॥ ३०४ ॥
`prabhu’, bali’ namaskāra karena stavana adbhuta karena prema-ānanda-krandana || 304 ||
`prabhu’, bali’ namaskara karena stavana adbhuta karena prema-ananda-krandana (304)
English translation:
(304) The Lord cried out, “Prabhu!” and offered obeisances and prayers. He then began to cry wonderfully in ecstatic love.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Sākṣi-gopāla was previously situated in Cuttack on the bank of the Mahānadī River. When Sākṣi-gopāla was first brought from South India, He stayed for some time in Cuttack and then stayed for some time in the Jagannātha temple in Puruṣottama. After some loving quarrel took place there, the King of Orissa established the village of Satyavādī six miles from Puruṣottama and kept Sākṣi-gopāla there. At present Śrī Sākṣi- gopāla is being worshiped in a full-fledged temple. For a description of Sākṣi-gopāla, one should read Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter Five.