Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.4, 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 4 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.
Verse 1.4.4
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.4:
পুত্রের শ্রী-মুখ দেখি’ ব্রাহ্মণী ব্রাহ্মণ আনন্দ-সাগরে দোঙ্হে ভাসে অনুক্ষণ ॥ ৪ ॥
पुत्रेर श्री-मुख देखि’ ब्राह्मणी ब्राह्मण आनन्द-सागरे दोङ्हे भासे अनुक्षण ॥ ४ ॥
putrera śrī-mukha dekhi’ brāhmaṇī brāhmaṇa ānanda-sāgare doṅhe bhāse anukṣaṇa || 4 ||
putrera sri-mukha dekhi’ brahmani brahmana ananda-sagare donhe bhase anuksana (4)
English translation:
(4) Seeing their son’s beautiful face, the brāhmaṇa couple constantly floated in an ocean of bliss.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word brāhmaṇī refers to Śacīdevī, and the word brāhmaṇa refers to Jagannātha Miśra.