Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.3.9, 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 9 of Adi-khanda chapter 3—“Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope”.
Verse 1.3.9
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.3.9:
শচির জনক—চক্রবর্তী নীলাম্বর প্রতি-লগ্নে অদ্ভুত দেখেন বিপ্র-বর ॥ ৯ ॥
शचिर जनक—चक्रवर्ती नीलाम्बर प्रति-लग्ने अद्भुत देखेन विप्र-वर ॥ ९ ॥
śacira janaka—cakravartī nīlāmbara prati-lagne adbhuta dekhena vipra-vara || 9 ||
sacira janaka—cakravarti nilambara prati-lagne adbhuta dekhena vipra-vara (9)
English translation:
(9) The father of Śacīdevī and great brāhmaṇa, Nīlāmbara Cakravartī, noted wonderful planetary arrangements in each house of the child’s horoscope.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Nīlāmbara Cakravartī was the father of Śacīdevī. He formerly resided at Magḍobā, in the district of Faridpura [within present day Bangladesh].
Most of the learned brāhmaṇas of that time had some knowledge of astrology. After calculating His horoscope, Nīlāmbara Cakravartī began to foretell the future of the Lord, his grandson.
The particular zodiac sign that appears on the eastern horizon at a given time for a given place on earth is called the lagna. The various planets headed by the sun move throughout the zodiac. The north-south zodiac extends 90 degrees and the east-west zodiac extends 360 degrees. The zodiac is divided into twelve equal signs, or rāśis, each consisting of 30 degrees. The second and consecutive signs after the rising sign, or janma- lagna, are the twelve “lagnas” for wealth, brothers, friends, sons, education, enemies, wife, death, fortune, occupation, income, and expenditure.
The word prati-lagne means “in the twelve lagnas, beginning with the lagna for the body.” By the words adbhuta dekhena, it is understood that he saw extraordinary fruits.