Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.17, 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 17 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.17:

চলিল গোবিন্দ-দত্ত মহাহর্ষ মনে মূল হৈযা যে কীর্তন করে প্রভু-সনে ॥ ১৭ ॥

चलिल गोविन्द-दत्त महाहर्ष मने मूल हैया ये कीर्तन करे प्रभु-सने ॥ १७ ॥

calila govinda-datta mahāharṣa mane mūla haiyā ye kīrtana kare prabhu-sane || 17 ||

calila govinda-datta mahaharsa mane mula haiya ye kirtana kare prabhu-sane (17)

English translation:

(17) Śrī Govinda Datta, who led kīrtana in the Lord’s party, also jubilantly came.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

See Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter Twenty-three, text 20.

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