Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.520, 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 520 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.520
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.520:
হেন-মতে নিত্যানন্দ পরম-কৌতুকে আছেন চৈতন্য-জন্ম-ভূমি নবদ্বীপে ॥ ৫২০ ॥
हेन-मते नित्यानन्द परम-कौतुके आछेन चैतन्य-जन्म-भूमि नवद्वीपे ॥ ५२० ॥
hena-mate nityānanda parama-kautuke āchena caitanya-janma-bhūmi navadvīpe || 520 ||
hena-mate nityananda parama-kautuke achena caitanya-janma-bhumi navadvipe (520)
English translation:
(520) In this way Nityānanda resided in Navadvīpa, the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, in great happiness.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The birthplace of Śrī Caitanyadeva is Navadvīpa. That particular portion of Navadvīpa is known as Śrīdhāma Māyāpur.
