Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.127, 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 127 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.127:

কিবা মহালক্ষ্মী, কিবা আইলা পার্বতী? কিবা বৃন্দাবনের সম্পত্তি মূর্তিমতী? ॥ ১২৭ ॥

किबा महालक्ष्मी, किबा आइला पार्वती? किबा वृन्दावनेर सम्पत्ति मूर्तिमती? ॥ १२७ ॥

kibā mahālakṣmī, kibā āilā pārvatī? kibā vṛndāvanera sampatti mūrtimatī? || 127 ||

kiba mahalaksmi, kiba aila parvati? kiba vrndavanera sampatti murtimati? (127)

English translation:

(127) Has Mahā-Lakṣmī or Pārvatī appeared? Has the treasure of Vṛndāvana personally come?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase vṛndāvanera sampatti, “the treasure of Vṛndāvana,” refers to Vārṣabhānavī, the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu.

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