Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.85, 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 85 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.
Verse 3.10.85
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.85:
বিদ্যানিধি রাখি’ প্রভু আপন নিকটে বাসা দিলা যমেশ্বরে—সমুদ্রের তটে ॥ ৮৫ ॥
विद्यानिधि राखि’ प्रभु आपन निकटे वासा दिला यमेश्वरे—समुद्रेर तटे ॥ ८५ ॥
vidyānidhi rākhi’ prabhu āpana nikaṭe vāsā dilā yameśvare—samudrera taṭe || 85 ||
vidyanidhi rakhi’ prabhu apana nikate vasa dila yamesvare—samudrera tate (85)
English translation:
(85) The Lord kept Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi with Him in Jagannātha Purī and assigned him a residence at Yameśvara, on the shore of the ocean.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi was given a residence at Yameśvara-ṭoṭā (a garden). He lived there and spent a lot of time with Śrī Gaurasundara.