Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.9, 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 9 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.9
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.9:
প্রভুর অগ্রজ বিশ্বরূপ ভগবান্ আজন্ম বিরক্ত সর্ব-গুণের নিধান ॥ ৯ ॥
प्रभुर अग्रज विश्वरूप भगवान् आजन्म विरक्त सर्व-गुणेर निधान ॥ ९ ॥
prabhura agraja viśvarūpa bhagavān ājanma virakta sarva-guṇera nidhāna || 9 ||
prabhura agraja visvarupa bhagavan ajanma virakta sarva-gunera nidhana (9)
English translation:
(9) Śrī Viśvarūpa, the Personality of Godhead, was the Lord’s elder brother. From birth He was detached from sense gratification. He was the abode of all transcendental qualities.