Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.3.15, 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 15 of Adi-khanda chapter 3—“Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope”.
Verse 1.3.15
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.3.15:
সেইখানে বিপ্র-রূপে এক মহাজন প্রভুর ভবিষ্য-কর্ম করযে কথন ॥ ১৫ ॥
सेइखाने विप्र-रूपे एक महाजन प्रभुर भविष्य-कर्म करये कथन ॥ १५ ॥
seikhāne vipra-rūpe eka mahājana prabhura bhaviṣya-karma karaye kathana || 15 ||
seikhane vipra-rupe eka mahajana prabhura bhavisya-karma karaye kathana (15)
English translation:
(15) In that assembly was one great brāhmaṇa devotee, who began to describe the Lord’s future activities.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
At the time of calculating the Lord’s horoscope, a great personality, well- versed in spiritual knowledge, was present there in the form of a brāhmaṇa. He began to describe Mahāprabhu’s future transcendental activities, or His distribution of love of God.