Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.57, 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 57 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.57
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.57:
বিভীষণ করিযা আনেন রাম-স্থানে লঙ্কেশ্বর-অভিষেক করেন তাহানে ॥ ৫৭ ॥
विभीषण करिया आनेन राम-स्थाने लङ्केश्वर-अभिषेक करेन ताहाने ॥ ५७ ॥
vibhīṣaṇa kariyā ānena rāma-sthāne laṅkeśvara-abhiṣeka karena tāhāne || 57 ||
vibhisana kariya anena rama-sthane lankesvara-abhiseka karena tahane (57)
English translation:
(57) Someone in the role of Vibhīṣaṇa was brought before Rāmacandra, and Rāma performed his abhiṣeka, or coronation, installing him as the King of Laṅkā.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
A description of Vibhīṣaṇa’s arrival in Rāma’s camp and his coronation as the King of Laṅkā is found in the Rāmāyaṇa (Laṅkā 18.39 and 19.25- 26) and in the Mahābhārata (Vana 282.46, 49).