Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.58, 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 58 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance�.
Verse 1.2.58
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.58:
ত্রিবি�-বযসে এক-জাতি লক্ষ-লক্ষ সরস্বতী-প্রসাদ� সবেই মহ�-দক্ষ � ৫৮ �
त्रिवि�-वयसे एक-जाति लक्ष-लक्ष सरस्वती-प्रसाद� सबेइ मह�-दक्ष � ५८ �
trividha-vayase eka-jāti lakṣa-lakṣa sarasvatī-prasāde sabei mahā-dakṣa || 58 ||
trividha-vayase eka-jati laksa-laksa sarasvati-prasade sabei maha-daksa (58)
English translation:
(58) By the merciful glance of ī, the goddess of learning, hundreds of thousands of children, youths, and old people were expert in the scriptures.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta ī Ṭhākura:
The words trividha-vayase indicate children, youths, and old people. By the mercy of ī, they were all expert in the scriptures.