Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.158, 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 158 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.158
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.158:
চৈতন্য-প্রভুর মাতাজগতের আই নিভৃতে বসিযা রঙ্গ দেখেন তথাই ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
चैतन्य-प्रभुर माताजगतेर आइ निभृते वसिया रङ्ग देखेन तथाइ ॥ १५८ ॥
caitanya-prabhura mātājagatera āi nibhṛte vasiyā raṅga dekhena tathāi || 158 ||
caitanya-prabhura matajagatera ai nibhrte vasiya ranga dekhena tathai (158)
English translation:
(158) The mother of Lord Caitanya is the mother of the universe. She watched the entire incident from a solitary place.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śacīdevī, the mother of Śrī Caitanyadeva, is worshipable by all the residents of the universe. She saw the transcendental pastimes of Gaura- Nityānanda while sitting in a solitary place and considered both of Them her sons.