Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.165, 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 165 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.165
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.165:
‘আপনে শ্রী-জগন্নাথ ন্যাসি-রূপ ধরি’ নিজে সঙ্কীর্তন-ক্রীডা করে অবতরি’ ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
‘आपने श्री-जगन्नाथ न्यासि-रूप धरि’ निजे सङ्कीर्तन-क्रीडा करे अवतरि’ ॥ १६५ ॥
‘āpane śrī-jagannātha nyāsi-rūpa dhari’ nije saṅkīrtana-krīḍā kare avatari’ || 165 ||
‘apane sri-jagannatha nyasi-rupa dhari’ nije sankirtana-krida kare avatari’ (165)
English translation:
(165) Lord Jagannātha personally appeared in this world in the form of a
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
sannyāsī to propagate the saṅkīrtana movement.