Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.53, 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 53 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.53
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.53:
এক কুন্দ গাছ আছে শ্রীবাস-মন্দিরে কুন্দ-রূপে কিবা কল্প-তরু অবতরে ॥ ৫৩ ॥
एक कुन्द गाछ आछे श्रीवास-मन्दिरे कुन्द-रूपे किबा कल्प-तरु अवतरे ॥ ५३ ॥
eka kunda gācha āche śrīvāsa-mandire kunda-rūpe kibā kalpa-taru avatare || 53 ||
eka kunda gacha ache srivasa-mandire kunda-rupe kiba kalpa-taru avatare (53)
English translation:
(53) In the house of Śrīvāsa there was a kunda flower tree that appeared like the incarnation of a kalpa-vṛkṣa.