Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.752, 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 752 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.752
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.752:
নিত্যানন্দ-প্রিয—মনোহর, নারাযণ কৃষ্ণদাস, দেবানন্দ—এই চারি-জন ॥ ৭৫২ ॥
नित्यानन्द-प्रिय—मनोहर, नारायण कृष्णदास, देवानन्द—एइ चारि-जन ॥ ७५२ ॥
nityānanda-priya—manohara, nārāyaṇa kṛṣṇadāsa, devānanda—ei cāri-jana || 752 ||
nityananda-priya—manohara, narayana krsnadasa, devananda—ei cari-jana (752)
English translation:
(752) The four devotees—Manohara, Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇadāsa, and Devānanda—were dear to Nityānanda.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For descriptions of Manohara, Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇadāsa, and Devānanda, see Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Eleven, text 46 and the Anubhāṣya commentary on it.