Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.744, 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 744 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.744
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.744:
মহেশ-পণ্ডিত—অতি পরম মহান্ত পরমানন্দ-উপাধ্যায—বৈষ্ণব একান্ত ॥ ৭৪৪ ॥
महेश-पण्डित—अति परम महान्त परमानन्द-उपाध्याय—वैष्णव एकान्त ॥ ७४४ ॥
maheśa-paṇḍita—ati parama mahānta paramānanda-upādhyāya—vaiṣṇava ekānta || 744 ||
mahesa-pandita—ati parama mahanta paramananda-upadhyaya—vaisnava ekanta (744)
English translation:
(744) Maheśa Paṇḍita was the most exalted devotee. Paramānanda Upādhyāya was an unalloyed Vaiṣṇava.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a description of Maheśa Paṇḍita, see Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Eleven, text 32 and the Anubhāṣya commentary on it.
For a description of Paramānanda Upādhyāya, see Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Eleven, text 44 and the Anubhāṣya commentary on it.