Verse 1.2.55

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.55:

‘নবদ্বীপ’-হেন গ্রাম ত্রি-ভুবনে নাই যঙ্হি অবতীর্ণ হৈলা চৈতন্য-গোসাঞি ॥ ৫৫ ॥

‘नवद्वीप’-हेन ग्राम त्रि-भुवने नाइ यङ्हि अवतीर्ण हैला चैतन्य-गोसाञि ॥ ५५ ॥

‘navadvīpa’-hena grāma tri-bhuvane nāi yaṅhi avatīrṇa hailā caitanya-gosāñi || 55 ||

‘navadvipa’-hena grama tri-bhuvane nai yanhi avatirna haila caitanya-gosani (55)

English translation:

(55) There is no place in the three worlds like Navadvīpa, where Lord Śrī Caitanya appeared.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

There are fourteen worlds in the material universe. Among them, Bhūr, Bhuvar, and Svar are mainly inhabited by materialistic persons. Among these three worlds, Jambūdvīpa of this earth planet is the best; in Jambūdvīpa, Bhārata-varṣa is the best; in the land of Bhārata-varṣa, Gauḍa-maṇḍala, which is nondifferent from Śrī Vraja-maṇḍala, is the best; and in Gauḍa-maṇḍala, the most pious nine islands of Śrī Navadvīpa

are the best. There is no place superior to Navadvīpa in the three worlds, because Śrī Gaurahari, the all-auspicious ocean of mercy, imparted love of God, which is rarely attained even by the demigods, to anyone and everyone without considering whether they were qualified recipients or not. Therefore the glories of Śrī Navadvīpa are factually incomparable and matchless.