Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.740, 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 740 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.740:

প্রসিদ্ধ কালিযা-কৃষ্ণদাস ত্রিভুবনে গৌরচন্দ্র লভ্য হয যাঙ্হার স্মরণে ॥ ৭৪০ ॥

प्रसिद्ध कालिया-कृष्णदास त्रिभुवने गौरचन्द्र लभ्य हय याङ्हार स्मरणे ॥ ७४० ॥

prasiddha kāliyā-kṛṣṇadāsa tribhuvane gauracandra labhya haya yāṅhāra smaraṇe || 740 ||

prasiddha kaliya-krsnadasa tribhuvane gauracandra labhya haya yanhara smarane (740)

English translation:

(740) Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa was famous throughout the three worlds. By remembering him one can attain Gauracandra.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

For a description of Kālā-Kṛṣṇa (Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa), see Caitanya- caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Eleven, text 37 and the Anubhāṣya commentary on it.

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