Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.15, 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 15 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.15
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.15:
পদ্ধতি-পুস্তক মাত্র মাগিযা আনিব কালি মহাভাগ্য, ব্যাস-পূজন দেখিব” ॥ ১৫ ॥
पद्धति-पुस्तक मात्र मागिया आनिब कालि महाभाग्य, व्यास-पूजन देखिब” ॥ १५ ॥
paddhati-pustaka mātra māgiyā āniba kāli mahābhāgya, vyāsa-pūjana dekhiba” || 15 ||
paddhati-pustaka matra magiya aniba kali mahabhagya, vyasa-pujana dekhiba” (15)
English translation:
(15) “I only have to borrow a book explaining the procedures. I am most fortunate, for tomorrow I will see the Vyāsa-pūjā.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The process for Vyāsa-pūjā differs in the various sannyāsa sampradāyas. It was decided that the same process of Vyāsa-pūjā that Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was accustomed to would be observed in the house of Śrīvāsa.