Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.19, 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 19 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.19
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.19:
প্রভুর পরম প্রিয—বাসুদেব দত্ত তাঙ্হার কৃপায সে জানেন সর্ব তত্ত্ব ॥ ১৯ ॥
प्रभुर परम प्रिय—वासुदेव दत्त ताङ्हार कृपाय से जानेन सर्व तत्त्व ॥ १९ ॥
prabhura parama priya—vāsudeva datta tāṅhāra kṛpāya se jānena sarva tattva || 19 ||
prabhura parama priya—vasudeva datta tanhara krpaya se janena sarva tattva (19)
English translation:
(19) Vāsudeva Datta was most dear to the Lord. By the Lord’s mercy, he knew all conclusive truths.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Descriptions of Śrī Vāsudeva Datta Ṭhākura are found in the Caitanya- caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, 10.41-42, 12.57; Madhya-līlā, 10.81, 11.87, 11.137-
139, 11.141-142, 13.40, 14.98, 15.93, 15.158-179, 16.206; Antya-līlā,
3.74, 4.108, 6.161, 7.47, 10.9, 121, and 140, and 12.98.