Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.728, 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 728 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.728
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.728:
প্রেম-রস-সমুদ্র—সুন্দরানন্দ নাম নিত্যানন্দ-স্বরূপের পার্ষদ-প্রধান ॥ ৭২৮ ॥
प्रेम-रस-समुद्र—सुन्दरानन्द नाम नित्यानन्द-स्वरूपेर पार्षद-प्रधान ॥ ७२८ ॥
prema-rasa-samudra—sundarānanda nāma nityānanda-svarūpera pārṣada-pradhāna || 728 ||
prema-rasa-samudra—sundarananda nama nityananda-svarupera parsada-pradhana (728)
English translation:
(728) Sundarānanda was an ocean of the mellows of ecstatic love. He was the chief of Nityānanda Svarūpa’s associates.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a description of Sundarānanda, see Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Eleven, text 23 and the Anubhāṣya commentary on it.