Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.6, 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 6 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.6
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.6:
সার্বভৌম-পিতাবিশারদ মহেশ্বর তাঙ্হার জাঙ্ঘালে গেলা প্রভু বিশ্বম্ভর ॥ ৬ ॥
सार्वभौम-पिताविशारद महेश्वर ताङ्हार जाङ्घाले गेला प्रभु विश्वम्भर ॥ ६ ॥
sārvabhauma-pitāviśārada maheśvara tāṅhāra jāṅghāle gelā prabhu viśvambhara || 6 ||
sarvabhauma-pitavisarada mahesvara tanhara janghale gela prabhu visvambhara (6)
English translation:
(6) While wandering, Lord Viśvambhara went near the dam protecting the house of Viśārada Maheśvara, the father of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word jāṅghāla means “dam.” On the western side of the Ganges in the area of Navadvīpa lies the village of Kuliyā. There was some low- lying land to the west of that village, so there was a dam to protect Maheśvara Viśārada’s house in Vidyānagara from flood.