Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.128, 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 128 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.128
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.128:
অর্ধ-চন্দ্রাকৃতি করি’ ললাটে চন্দন তথি-মধ্যে গন্ধের তিলক সুশোভন ॥ ১২৮ ॥
अर्ध-चन्द्राकृति करि’ ललाटे चन्दन तथि-मध्ये गन्धेर तिलक सुशोभन ॥ १२८ ॥
ardha-candrākṛti kari’ lalāṭe candana tathi-madhye gandhera tilaka suśobhana || 128 ||
ardha-candrakrti kari’ lalate candana tathi-madhye gandhera tilaka susobhana (128)
English translation:
(128) His forehead was smeared with sandalwood paste in the shape of a half-moon, and an enchanting tilaka mark was drawn through it with
aguru.