Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.81, 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 81 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.81
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.81:
স্কন্ধে যজ্ঞ-সূত্র, ব্রহ্ম-তেজ মূর্তি-মন্ত মূর্তি-ভেদে জন্মিলা আপনি নিত্যানন্দ ॥ ৮১ ॥
स्कन्धे यज्ञ-सूत्र, ब्रह्म-तेज मूर्ति-मन्त मूर्ति-भेदे जन्मिला आपनि नित्यानन्द ॥ ८१ ॥
skandhe yajña-sūtra, brahma-teja mūrti-manta mūrti-bhede janmilā āpani nityānanda || 81 ||
skandhe yajna-sutra, brahma-teja murti-manta murti-bhede janmila apani nityananda (81)
English translation:
(81) A brāhmaṇa thread hung on His shoulder. He is the source of the Brahman effulgence and, though in a different form, He is directly Lord Nityānanda.