Deities
“O Gauranga! O Kṛṣṇacandra, ocean of mercy! You are the wealth of the wretched and poor, and I am the lowest rascal!” Saying this and weeping continuously. I will move onwards till suddenly I come to Vidyanagara.
This Vidyanagara is the abode of the four Vedas and the sixty-four arts and sciences. Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, resides here without a doubt. At this place. Brahma, Siva, and the rsis revealed all types of knowledge to the material world.
Knowing that the Lord would perform His educational pastimes here, Brhaspati left his residence in svarga, and, as Vasudeva Sarvabhauma, he taught all types of knowledge according to various processes at Vidyanagara.
Whoever lives at Vidyanagara and sings the glories of Gauranga becomes a fortunate teacher and will never know grief. Whoever takes to the worship of Gauranga and receives the vision of His transcendental form will be freed from all ignorance.
Will I ever see Gaurasundara, as He goes to Vidyanagara being attracted to acquire knowledge? The Lord took the side of His devotee here and chastised Devananda Pandita with strong words for committing an offense to Śrīvāsa Pandita.
Even Ananta Seşa does not fully understand the pastimes of my Lord. When He becomes absorbed in these activities, what is His real intention? Why does He give up chanting to punish the students who criticized Him? What type of happiness does He gain by defeating His teachers?
But whatever the Lord does is a cause of bliss. The Lord is independent, and I am simply His servant. My very limited intelligence has no power to judge Him.
All the inhabitants of Navadvipa who act as the Lord’s teachers are nourishers of His eternal pastimes and are worthy of my respect. All of you please be merciful to this miserable pauper; give me the qualification for nama-sankirtana.
I make this petition to the tirtha of Vidyanagara: May the ignorance which hides Gauranga’s identity never cover my mind. May my mind transcend this māyā.
(Sri Navadvipa Bhava-taranga)