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CC Madhya 1.24

Bengali

নিত্যানন্দ-গোসাঞিরে পাঠাইল গৌড়দেশে ।
তেঁহো গৌড়দেশ ভাসাইল প্রেমরসে ॥ ২৪ ॥

Text

nityānanda-gosāñire pāṭhāila gauḍa-deśe
teṅho gauḍa-deśa bhāsāila prema-rase

Synonyms

nityānanda-gosāñire — Nityānanda Gosvāmī; pāṭhāila — sent; gauḍa-deśe — to Bengal; teṅho — He; gauḍa-deśa — the tract of land known as Gauḍa-deśa, or Bengal; bhāsāila — overflooded; prema-rase — with ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa.

Translation

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Nityānanda Prabhu from Jagannātha Purī to Bengal, which is known as Gauḍa-deśa, and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu overflooded that country with the transcendental loving service of the Lord.