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”.

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.

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