Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.69, 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 69 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.69
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.69:
নিজ-ভাবে প্রভু মাত্র হৈলা অচেতন দেখি’ বড বিকল হৈলা শিশু-গণ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
निज-भावे प्रभु मात्र हैला अचेतन देखि’ बड विकल हैला शिशु-गण ॥ ६९ ॥
nija-bhāve prabhu mātra hailā acetana dekhi’ baḍa vikala hailā śiśu-gaṇa || 69 ||
nija-bhave prabhu matra haila acetana dekhi’ bada vikala haila sisu-gana (69)
English translation:
(69) When the Lord fell unconscious in His own mood, the boys were all bewildered.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The words nija-bhāve refer to the mood of His plenary portion, Lakṣmaṇa, the incarnation of Mahā-Saṅkarṣaṇa.
The word vikala refers to one whose intelligence is lost; in other words, one who is overwhelmed, unsteady, senseless, illusioned, or powerless.