Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.191, 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 191 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.191:

গর্ত হৈতে উঠি’ সর্প সন্ধ্যার প্রবেশে সবেই দেখেন,—চলিলেন অন্য-দেশে ॥ ১৯১ ॥

गर्त हैते उठि’ सर्प सन्ध्यार प्रवेशे सबेइ देखेन,—चलिलेन अन्य-देशे ॥ १९१ ॥

garta haite uṭhi’ sarpa sandhyāra praveśe sabei dekhena,—calilena anya-deśe || 191 ||

garta haite uthi’ sarpa sandhyara pravese sabei dekhena,—calilena anya-dese (191)

English translation:

(191) It was early evening as everyone there saw the snake leave the cave.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase sandhyāra praveśe means “in the evening” or “as night approached.”

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