Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.28.157, 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 157 of Madhya-khanda chapter 28—“The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.28.157
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.157:
ছলে প্রভু কৃপা করি’ তাঙ্রে শিষ্য কৈল ভারতীর চিত্তে মহা-বিস্ময জন্মিল ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
छले प्रभु कृपा करि’ ताङ्रे शिष्य कैल भारतीर चित्ते महा-विस्मय जन्मिल ॥ १५७ ॥
chale prabhu kṛpā kari’ tāṅre śiṣya kaila bhāratīra citte mahā-vismaya janmila || 157 ||
chale prabhu krpa kari’ tanre sisya kaila bharatira citte maha-vismaya janmila (157)
English translation:
(157) Thus the Lord by trickery made Keśava Bhāratī His disciple, and Keśava Bhāratī was struck with great wonder.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Lord Śrī Gaurasundara is the covered fountainhead of all incarnations. He does not reveal Himself to ordinary people. He first initiated Keśava Bhāratī with the sannyāsa mantra, and then to teach people He accepted the same mantra from him as a disciple.