Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.34, 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 34 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.
Verse 3.10.34
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.34:
প্রহ্লাদ-চরিত্র আর ধ্রুবের চরিত্র শতাবৃত্তি করিযাশুনেন সাবহিত ॥ ৩৪ ॥
प्रह्लाद-चरित्र आर ध्रुवेर चरित्र शतावृत्ति करियाशुनेन सावहित ॥ ३४ ॥
prahlāda-caritra āra dhruvera caritra śatāvṛtti kariyāśunena sāvahita || 34 ||
prahlada-caritra ara dhruvera caritra satavrtti kariyasunena savahita (34)
English translation:
(34) The Lord attentively heard the glories of Prahlāda and Dhruva hundreds of times.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The characteristics of Prahlāda are described in the Seventh Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and the characteristics of Dhruva are described in the Fourth Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī was the speaker of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and Śrī Gaurasundara was the listener. He attentively heard topics of Prahlāda and Dhruva’s cultivation of devotional service from the mouth of Śrī Gadādhara hundreds of times.