Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.126, 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 126 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.126
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.126:
মধ্য-খণ্ডে, কৃষ্ণ-রাম—চৈতন্য-নিতাই শ্যাম-শুক্ল-রূপ দেখিলেন শচী আই ॥ ১২৬ ॥
मध्य-खण्डे, कृष्ण-राम—चैतन्य-निताइ श्याम-शुक्ल-रूप देखिलेन शची आइ ॥ १२६ ॥
madhya-khaṇḍe, kṛṣṇa-rāma—caitanya-nitāi śyāma-śukla-rūpa dekhilena śacī āi || 126 ||
madhya-khande, krsna-rama—caitanya-nitai syama-sukla-rupa dekhilena saci ai (126)
English translation:
(126) In the Madhya-khaṇḍa mother Śacī sees Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda in Their blackish and whitish forms as Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The color of Kṛṣṇa is blackish, and the color of Balarāma is whitish. Lord Caitanyadeva is Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Nityānanda is Balarāma. Śacīdevī saw Gaura-Nitāi with the color of Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma.