Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.66, 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 66 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.66
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.66:
সম্মুখে বিচিত্র এক দোলা সাহবান্ বিষযীর প্রায যেন ব্যভার-সংস্থান ॥ ৬৬ ॥
सम्मुखे विचित्र एक दोला साहवान् विषयीर प्राय येन व्यभार-संस्थान ॥ ६६ ॥
sammukhe vicitra eka dolā sāhavān viṣayīra prāya yena vyabhāra-saṃsthāna || 66 ||
sammukhe vicitra eka dola sahavan visayira praya yena vyabhara-samsthana (66)
English translation:
(66) In front was a wonderful palanquin equipped with all accessories. By his paraphernalia, he appeared to be a materialist.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another reading for dolā sāhavān is dolā sāhamān. Both readings refer to a palanquin with its accessories. The word sāhamān refers to accessories
like cushions.