Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.260, 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 260 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.260
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.260:
দেখে বীরাসনে বসি’ আছে বিশ্বম্ভর চতুর্-ভুজ—শঙ্খ-চক্র-গদা-পদ্ম-ধর ॥ ২৬০ ॥
देखे वीरासने वसि’ आछे विश्वम्भर चतुर्-भुज—शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-पद्म-धर ॥ २६० ॥
dekhe vīrāsane vasi’ āche viśvambhara catur-bhuja—śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padma-dhara || 260 ||
dekhe virasane vasi’ ache visvambhara catur-bhuja—sankha-cakra-gada-padma-dhara (260)
English translation:
(260) He saw Viśvambhara sitting like a hero and holding conch, disc, club, and lotus in His four hands.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
For an explanation of the word vīrāsana, see Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Ten, verse 12.