Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.746, 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 746 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.746:

আচার্য বৈষ্ণবানন্দ—পরম-উদার পূর্বে রঘুনাথ-পুরী নাম খ্যাতি যাঙ্র ॥ ৭৪৬ ॥

आचार्य वैष्णवानन्द—परम-उदार पूर्वे रघुनाथ-पुरी नाम ख्याति याङ्र ॥ ७४६ ॥

ācārya vaiṣṇavānanda—parama-udāra pūrve raghunātha-purī nāma khyāti yāṅra || 746 ||

acarya vaisnavananda—parama-udara purve raghunatha-puri nama khyati yanra (746)

English translation:

(746) Ācārya Vaiṣṇavānanda was most magnanimous. He was formerly known as Raghunātha Purī.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

For a description of Ācārya Vaiṣṇavānanda, see Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Eleven, text 42 and the Anubhāṣya commentary on it.

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