Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.74, 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 74 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.74
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.74:
ব্রহ্মার সভায গিযা নারদ আপনে এই গুণ গাযেন তুম্বুরু-বীণা-সনে ॥ ৭৪ ॥
ब्रह्मार सभाय गिया नारद आपने एइ गुण गायेन तुम्बुरु-वीणा-सने ॥ ७४ ॥
brahmāra sabhāya giyā nārada āpane ei guṇa gāyena tumburu-vīṇā-sane || 74 ||
brahmara sabhaya giya narada apane ei guna gayena tumburu-vina-sane (74)
English translation:
(74) Śrī Nārada Muni visits the assembly of Lord Brahmā and glorifies the qualities of Lord Ananta accompanied by his vīṇā.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Tumburu is the stringed instrument that is always found with Śrī Nārada Ṛṣi. In another opinion it is known as kacchapī. One may refer to the purport of verse 52.