Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.8, 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 8 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.
Verse 2.10.8
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.8:
দূর্ব-দল-শ্যাম দেখে সেই বিশ্বম্ভর বীরাসনে বসিযাছে মহা-ধনুর্-ধর ॥ ৮ ॥
दूर्व-दल-श्याम देखे सेइ विश्वम्भर वीरासने वसियाछे महा-धनुर्-धर ॥ ८ ॥
dūrva-dala-śyāma dekhe sei viśvambhara vīrāsane vasiyāche mahā-dhanur-dhara || 8 ||
durva-dala-syama dekhe sei visvambhara virasane vasiyache maha-dhanur-dhara (8)
English translation:
(8) He saw Viśvambhara was dark like fresh grass, and He sat in the
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
vīrāsana posture as a powerful archer.