Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.116, 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 116 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.116
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.116:
আপনে বুঝিযা চিত্তে এক শুভ দিনে নিজ ইষ্ট-মন্ত্র-দীক্ষা করাহ ইহানে” ॥ ১১৬ ॥
आपने बुझिया चित्ते एक शुभ दिने निज इष्ट-मन्त्र-दीक्षा कराह इहाने” ॥ ११६ ॥
āpane bujhiyā citte eka śubha dine nija iṣṭa-mantra-dīkṣā karāha ihāne” || 116 ||
apane bujhiya citte eka subha dine nija ista-mantra-diksa karaha ihane” (116)
English translation:
(116) “Please select an auspicious day to initiate him in the mantra of your worshipable Lord.”