Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.24, 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 24 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.24
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.24:
অভিষেক শুনি’ প্রভু মস্তক ঢুলায সবারে করেন কৃপা-দৃষ্টি অমাযায ॥ ২৪ ॥
अभिषेक शुनि’ प्रभु मस्तक ढुलाय सबारे करेन कृपा-दृष्टि अमायाय ॥ २४ ॥
abhiṣeka śuni’ prabhu mastaka ḍhulāya sabāre karena kṛpā-dṛṣṭi amāyāya || 24 ||
abhiseka suni’ prabhu mastaka dhulaya sabare karena krpa-drsti amayaya (24)
English translation:
(24) On hearing the abhiṣeka prayers, the Lord rolled His head and without duplicity glanced mercifully on everyone.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase abhiṣeka śuni’ means “hearing the recitation of abhiṣeka
prayers.