Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.178, 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 178 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.178
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.178:
সুদক্ষিণ নাম-কাশী-রাজের নন্দন মহা-সমাধিযে শিব কৈল আরাধন ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
सुदक्षिण नाम-काशी-राजेर नन्दन महा-समाधिये शिव कैल आराधन ॥ १७८ ॥
sudakṣiṇa nāma-kāśī-rājera nandana mahā-samādhiye śiva kaila ārādhana || 178 ||
sudaksina nama-kasi-rajera nandana maha-samadhiye siva kaila aradhana (178)
English translation:
(178) “Sudakṣiṇa was the son of the King of Kāśī. He worshiped Lord Śiva with full attention.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase mahā-samādhiye means “with full absorption.”