Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.745, 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 745 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.745
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.745:
চতুর্ভুজ-পণ্ডিত-নন্দন গঙ্গাদাস পূর্বে যাঙ্র ঘরে নিত্যাননদের বিলাস ॥ ৭৪৫ ॥
चतुर्भुज-पण्डित-नन्दन गङ्गादास पूर्वे याङ्र घरे नित्याननदेर विलास ॥ ७४५ ॥
caturbhuja-paṇḍita-nandana gaṅgādāsa pūrve yāṅra ghare nityānanadera vilāsa || 745 ||
caturbhuja-pandita-nandana gangadasa purve yanra ghare nityananadera vilasa (745)
English translation:
(745) Gaṅgādāsa was the son of Caturbhuja Paṇḍita. Nityānanda had previously stayed in his house.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For a description of Gaṅgādāsa, see Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Eleven, text 43 and the Anubhāṣya commentary on it.