Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.5.159, 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 159 of Adi-khanda chapter 5—“Eating the Mendicant Brahmana’s Offerings”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.159:

বিপ্রের হুঙ্কারে সবে পাইলা চেতন আপনা সম্বরি’ বিপ্র কৈলা আচমন ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

विप्रेर हुङ्कारे सबे पाइला चेतन आपना सम्बरि’ विप्र कैला आचमन ॥ १५९ ॥

viprera huṅkāre sabe pāilā cetana āpanā sambari’ vipra kailā ācamana || 159 ||

viprera hunkare sabe paila cetana apana sambari’ vipra kaila acamana (159)

English translation:

(159) Everyone woke up by the loud cries of the brāhmaṇa, who then controlled himself and washed his hands.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The words āpanā sambari’ means “to conceal the waves of ecstasy in his heart.”

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