Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.107, 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 107 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.107
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.107:
মকরধ্বজ-কর-প্রতি শ্রী-গৌরাঙ্গ-চন্দ্র বলিলেন,—“সেবিহ তুমি শ্রী-রাঘবানন্দ ॥ ১০৭ ॥
मकरध्वज-कर-प्रति श्री-गौराङ्ग-चन्द्र बलिलेन,—“सेविह तुमि श्री-राघवानन्द ॥ १०७ ॥
makaradhvaja-kara-prati śrī-gaurāṅga-candra balilena,—“seviha tumi śrī-rāghavānanda || 107 ||
makaradhvaja-kara-prati sri-gauranga-candra balilena,—“seviha tumi sri-raghavananda (107)
English translation:
(107) Śrī Gaurāṅga then said to Makaradhvaja Kara, “You should serve Śrī Rāghavānanda.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a description of Makaradhvaja Kara see Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi- līlā, Chapter Ten, text 24. In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (141) it is stated: naṭaś candramukhaḥ prāg yaḥ sa karo makaradhvajaḥ
—“Candramukha, a famous dancer in Vṛndāvana, appeared in Lord Caitanya’s pastimes as Makaradhvaja Kara.”