Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.90, 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 90 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.90
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.90:
কোন-দিন চতুর্মুখ-ভাবে বিশ্বম্ভর ব্রহ্ম-স্তব পডি’ পডে পৃথিবী উপর ॥ ৯০ ॥
कोन-दिन चतुर्मुख-भावे विश्वम्भर ब्रह्म-स्तव पडि’ पडे पृथिवी उपर ॥ ९० ॥
kona-dina caturmukha-bhāve viśvambhara brahma-stava paḍi’ paḍe pṛthivī upara || 90 ||
kona-dina caturmukha-bhave visvambhara brahma-stava padi’ pade prthivi upara (90)
English translation:
(90) Some days Viśvambhara assumed the mood of the four-headed Brahmā. After reciting the prayers offered by Brahmā, He fell to the ground.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
After exhibiting Himself as a descendant of the Śrī Brahma-sampradāya, Śrī Caitanyadeva recited the prayers offered by Brahmā for the benefit of the followers of Vedic injunctions and advertised to the public His position as nondifferent from Brahmā.