Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.83, 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 83 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.83
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.83:
গঙ্গায মজ্জন কৈলে যে সন্তোষ হয সেই সুখ পাইলাঙ রাঘব-আলয” ॥ ৮৩ ॥
गङ्गाय मज्जन कैले ये सन्तोष हय सेइ सुख पाइलाङ राघव-आलय” ॥ ८३ ॥
gaṅgāya majjana kaile ye santoṣa haya sei sukha pāilāṅa rāghava-ālaya” || 83 ||
gangaya majjana kaile ye santosa haya sei sukha pailana raghava-alaya” (83)
English translation:
(83) “I have obtained the same satisfaction at Rāghava’s house as one gets by taking bath in the Ganges.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Gaurasundara obtained the same satisfaction at Rāghava’s house as the freshness and pleasure one attains by bathing in the Ganges.