Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.156, 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 156 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.
Verse 1.5.156
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.156:
অপূর্ব প্রকাশ দেখি’ সেই বিপ্র-বর আনন্দে পূর্ণিত হৈল সর্ব-কলেবর ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
अपूर्व प्रकाश देखि’ सेइ विप्र-वर आनन्दे पूर्णित हैल सर्व-कलेवर ॥ १५६ ॥
apūrva prakāśa dekhi’ sei vipra-vara ānande pūrṇita haila sarva-kalevara || 156 ||
apurva prakasa dekhi’ sei vipra-vara anande purnita haila sarva-kalevara (156)
English translation:
(156) The brāhmaṇa’s entire body was filled with ecstasy after seeing that wonderful manifestation of the Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase apūrva prakāśa means “manifestation of extraordinary transcendental pastimes.”