Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.195, 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 195 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.195
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.195:
শচী-গর্ভে বৈসে সর্ব-ভুবনের বাস ফাল্গুনী পূর্ণিমা আসি’ হৈল প্রকাশ ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
शची-गर्भे वैसे सर्व-भुवनेर वास फाल्गुनी पूर्णिमा आसि’ हैल प्रकाश ॥ १९५ ॥
śacī-garbhe vaise sarva-bhuvanera vāsa phālgunī pūrṇimā āsi’ haila prakāśa || 195 ||
saci-garbhe vaise sarva-bhuvanera vasa phalguni purnima asi’ haila prakasa (195)
English translation:
(195) The Lord, who is the shelter of all universes, remained in the womb of Śacīdevī until the Phālgunī Pūrṇimā gradually approached.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The Supreme Lord, who is the resting place of innumerable Vaikuṇṭha planets and material universes composed of fourteen planetary systems, has appeared in the womb of Śacī. The Lord remained in the womb of Śacī until the full moon night of the month of Phālguna, in the year 1486. The words śacī-garbha-sindhu refer to the form of pure goodness.