Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.143, 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 143 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.143
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.143:
প্রথমে বিজয করিলেন গঙ্গা-তীরে অর্ধ-চন্দ্র দেখিলেন শিরের উপরে ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
प्रथमे विजय करिलेन गङ्गा-तीरे अर्ध-चन्द्र देखिलेन शिरेर उपरे ॥ १४३ ॥
prathame vijaya karilena gaṅgā-tīre ardha-candra dekhilena śirera upare || 143 ||
prathame vijaya karilena ganga-tire ardha-candra dekhilena sirera upare (143)
English translation:
(143) The Lord’s procession first proceeded to the bank of the Ganges, where the half-moon was seen overhead.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another reading for ardha-candra is pūrṇa-candra. On the evening of the full moon, the moon is seen on the eastern horizon. It is not seen directly above. From the eighth day of the waxing moon up to Ekādaśī, the eleventh day of the moon, half of the moon is seen directly overhead in the evening. Therefore the reading pūrṇa-candra is not appropriate here.