Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.97, 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 97 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.97
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.97:
আদি-খণ্ডে, শিশু-রূপে অনেক প্রকাশ পিতা-মাতা-প্রতি দেখাইলা গুপ্ত-বাস ॥ ৯৭ ॥
आदि-खण्डे, शिशु-रूपे अनेक प्रकाश पिता-माता-प्रति देखाइला गुप्त-वास ॥ ९७ ॥
ādi-khaṇḍe, śiśu-rūpe aneka prakāśa pitā-mātā-prati dekhāilā gupta-vāsa || 97 ||
adi-khande, sisu-rupe aneka prakasa pita-mata-prati dekhaila gupta-vasa (97)
English translation:
(97) In the Ādi-khaṇḍa the Lord displays various pastimes as a child. He also reveals His own abode to His parents.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the material world, the Supreme Lord and His abode are unmanifested. The Lord exhibited His unmanifest abode to His parents by awakening their transcendental knowledge.