Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.173, 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 173 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.173
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.173:
চিন্তযে সর্ব-জ্ঞ মনে হৈযা বিস্মিত “হেন বুঝি,—এ ব্রাহ্মণ মহা-মন্ত্র-বিত্ ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
चिन्तये सर्व-ज्ञ मने हैया विस्मित “हेन बुझि,—ए ब्राह्मण महा-मन्त्र-वित् ॥ १७३ ॥
cintaye sarva-jña mane haiyā vismita “hena bujhi,—e brāhmaṇa mahā-mantra-vit || 173 ||
cintaye sarva-jna mane haiya vismita “hena bujhi,—e brahmana maha-mantra-vit (173)
English translation:
(173) The astrologer was struck with wonder and thought, “I think that this brāhmaṇa is expert in the chanting of mantras.