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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�.

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.

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