Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.148, 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 148 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.148:

সেই-মতে দৃষ্টি কৈলা যোগ-নিদ্রা-প্রতি পৃথিবীতে শুই’ আছে বৈকুণ্ঠের পতি ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

सेइ-मते दृष्टि कैला योग-निद्रा-प्रति पृथिवीते शुइ’ आछे वैकुण्ठेर पति ॥ १४८ ॥

sei-mate dṛṣṭi kailā yoga-nidrā-prati pṛthivīte śui’ āche vaikuṇṭhera pati || 148 ||

sei-mate drsti kaila yoga-nidra-prati prthivite sui’ ache vaikunthera pati (148)

English translation:

(148) In this way the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha entered into yoga-nidrā as He lay there on the ground.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word yoga-nidrā indicates that the Lord slept with the help of yogamāyā, which is His independent spiritual nourisher of His transcendental pastimes.

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