Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.127, 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 127 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.127
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.127:
মধ্য-খণ্ডে, চৈতন্যের মহা-পরকাশ ‘সাত্-প্রহরিযা ভাব’ ঐশ্বর্য-বিলাস ॥ ১২৭ ॥
मध्य-खण्डे, चैतन्येर महा-परकाश ‘सात्-प्रहरिया भाव’ ऐश्वर्य-विलास ॥ १२७ ॥
madhya-khaṇḍe, caitanyera mahā-parakāśa ‘sāt-prahariyā bhāva’ aiśvarya-vilāsa || 127 ||
madhya-khande, caitanyera maha-parakasa ‘sat-prahariya bhava’ aisvarya-vilasa (127)
English translation:
(127) In the Madhya-khaṇḍa the Lord displays His mahā-prakāśa, His divine opulences, for twenty-one hours.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word mahā-parakāśa refers to the Lord’ s pastime of displaying His opulence. The Lord manifested His opulences for sāta-prahara, or twenty-one hours.