Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.3.26, 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 26 of Adi-khanda chapter 3—“Calculation of the Lord’s Horoscope”.
Verse 1.3.26
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.3.26:
হেন কোষ্ঠী গণিলাঙ আমি ভাগ্যবান্ ‘শ্রী-বিশ্বম্ভর’-নাম হৈবে ইহান ॥ ২৬ ॥
हेन कोष्ठी गणिलाङ आमि भाग्यवान् ‘श्री-विश्वम्भर’-नाम हैबे इहान ॥ २६ ॥
hena koṣṭhī gaṇilāṅa āmi bhāgyavān ‘śrī-viśvambhara’-nāma haibe ihāna || 26 ||
hena kosthi ganilana ami bhagyavan ‘sri-visvambhara’-nama haibe ihana (26)
English translation:
(26) “I am also fortunate to have had the privilege of calculating His horoscope. This child’s name will be Śrī Viśvambhara.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The brāhmaṇa decided, “I have become fortunate simply by calculating the horoscope of the Lord. The name of this child will be Viśvambhara.”