Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.140, 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 140 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.140
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.140:
সেই ক্ষণে শুনি’ মাত্র নৃপতি প্রতাপ কটক ছাডিযা আইলেন জগন্নাথ ॥ ১৪০ ॥
सेइ क्षणे शुनि’ मात्र नृपति प्रताप कटक छाडिया आइलेन जगन्नाथ ॥ १४० ॥
sei kṣaṇe śuni’ mātra nṛpati pratāpa kaṭaka chāḍiyā āilena jagannātha || 140 ||
sei ksane suni’ matra nrpati pratapa kataka chadiya ailena jagannatha (140)
English translation:
(140) As soon as he heard this news, King Pratāparudra left Cuttack and came to Jagannātha Purī.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Pratāparudra, who was a king in the Gaṅgā dynasty, lived in his capital of Cuttack during the time of Mahāprabhu. On hearing the news of Gaurasundara’s arrival, he came from Cuttack to Purī.