Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.79, 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 79 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.79
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.79:
অপরাহ্ন কাল মাত্র হৈল আসিযা বাদ্য আসি’ করিতে লাগিল বাজনিযা ॥ ৭৯ ॥
अपराह्न काल मात्र हैल आसिया बाद्य आसि’ करिते लागिल बाजनिया ॥ ७९ ॥
aparāhna kāla mātra haila āsiyā bādya āsi’ karite lāgila bājaniyā || 79 ||
aparahna kala matra haila asiya badya asi’ karite lagila bajaniya (79)
English translation:
(79) In the afternoon on the day of Adhivāsa, the musicians all began to play their instruments.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bājaniyā comes from bājana or bājāna, which are corruptions of the Sanskrit word bādana. It refers to an actor or a person who plays musical instruments.