Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.124, 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 124 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.124
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.124:
এখনে আইলা তুমি সবার প্রকাশ কালি হৈতে পডাইবা আজি যাহ বাস” ॥ ১২৪ ॥
एखने आइला तुमि सबार प्रकाश कालि हैते पडाइबा आजि याह वास” ॥ १२४ ॥
ekhane āilā tumi sabāra prakāśa kāli haite paḍāibā āji yāha vāsa” || 124 ||
ekhane aila tumi sabara prakasa kali haite padaiba aji yaha vasa” (124)
English translation:
(124) “Now that You have returned, You should begin teaching from tomorrow. Today go home.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase sabāra prakāśa indicates the Lord, who manifests the beauty and bliss in everyone’s heart, who revives the illuminating mood of awe and reverence, and who unfolds the real truth.