Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.143, 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 Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.143
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.143:
কত-ক্ষণে বিশ্বম্ভর প্রকাশিযা বাহ্য দেখেন আবেশ-ময অদ্বৈত-আচার্য ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
कत-क्षणे विश्वम्भर प्रकाशिया बाह्य देखेन आवेश-मय अद्वैत-आचार्य ॥ १४३ ॥
kata-kṣaṇe viśvambhara prakāśiyā bāhya dekhena āveśa-maya advaita-ācārya || 143 ||
kata-ksane visvambhara prakasiya bahya dekhena avesa-maya advaita-acarya (143)
English translation:
(143) After a while Viśvambhara regained His external consciousness and saw that Advaita Ācārya was absorbed in ecstasy.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase āveśa-maya means “absorption in love of God.”