Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.151, 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 151 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.151
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.151:
রেবা, মাহিষ্মতী-পুরী, মল্ল-তীর্থে গেলা সূর্পারক দিযা প্রভু প্রতীচী চলিলা ॥ ১৫১ ॥
रेवा, माहिष्मती-पुरी, मल्ल-तीर्थे गेला सूर्पारक दिया प्रभु प्रतीची चलिला ॥ १५१ ॥
revā, māhiṣmatī-purī, malla-tīrthe gelā sūrpāraka diyā prabhu pratīcī calilā || 151 ||
reva, mahismati-puri, malla-tirthe gela surparaka diya prabhu pratici calila (151)
English translation:
(151) He went to the city of Māhiṣmatī, on the banks of the Revā River, and He saw Malla-tīrtha. The Lord then passed through the holy district of Śūrpāraka on His way west.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word pratīcī refers to the direction in which the sun sets, or the west.