Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.58, 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 58 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.58
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.58:
সর্ব-শক্তি-সমন্বিত প্রভু ভগবান্ করিলেন সূত্র-ব্যাখ্যা যে হয প্রমাণ ॥ ৫৮ ॥
सर्व-शक्ति-समन्वित प्रभु भगवान् करिलेन सूत्र-व्याख्या ये हय प्रमाण ॥ ५८ ॥
sarva-śakti-samanvita prabhu bhagavān karilena sūtra-vyākhyā ye haya pramāṇa || 58 ||
sarva-sakti-samanvita prabhu bhagavan karilena sutra-vyakhya ye haya pramana (58)
English translation:
(58) The all-powerful Supreme Lord Viśvambhara then explained the sūtras according to the prescribed grammatical rules.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word pramāṇa means “perfect evidence” or “faith.”