Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.257, 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 257 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.257
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.257:
সুকৃতি মাধব-ঘোষ—কীর্তনে তত্পর হেন কীর্তনীযা নাহি পৃথিবী-ভিতর ॥ ২৫৭ ॥
सुकृति माधव-घोष—कीर्तने तत्पर हेन कीर्तनीया नाहि पृथिवी-भितर ॥ २५७ ॥
sukṛti mādhava-ghoṣa—kīrtane tatpara hena kīrtanīyā nāhi pṛthivī-bhitara || 257 ||
sukrti madhava-ghosa—kirtane tatpara hena kirtaniya nahi prthivi-bhitara (257)
English translation:
(257) The most pious Mādhava Ghoṣa was expert in performing kīrtana. There was no kīrtana leader like him in the entire world.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Mādhava, Vāsudeva, and Govinda Ghoṣa were all expert in performing kīrtana. They were not like ordinary mundane kīrtana leaders. Therefore they were addressed as the singers of Vṛndāvana. When one’s mundane conceptions are completely destroyed, one’s propensity for serving Hari increases. Specifically, Mādhava, Vāsudeva, and Govinda were personal expansions of [Rādhārāṇī] the āśraya-vigraha of the madhura-rasa of Vraja.