Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.110, 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 110 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.110:

তবে প্রভু আইলেন বরাহ-নগরে মহাভাগ্যবন্ত এক ব্রাহ্মণের ঘরে ॥ ১১০ ॥

तबे प्रभु आइलेन वराह-नगरे महाभाग्यवन्त एक ब्राह्मणेर घरे ॥ ११० ॥

tabe prabhu āilena varāha-nagare mahābhāgyavanta eka brāhmaṇera ghare || 110 ||

tabe prabhu ailena varaha-nagare mahabhagyavanta eka brahmanera ghare (110)

English translation:

(110) Thereafter the Lord went to Varāha-nagara and stayed in the house of one most fortunate brāhmaṇa.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The name of the brāhmaṇa indicated in the phrase eka brāhmaṇera ghare

(“in the house of one brāhmaṇa”) is Śrī Raghunātha Bhāgavata Ācārya. An elaborate description of him can be found in the Anubhāṣya commentary on Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Ten, text 113.

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