Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.33, 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 33 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.33
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.33:
ঈশ্বর ও করিযা সঙ্খ্যা-নামের গ্রহণ মদ্যাহ্নাদি ক্রিযা করিবারে হৈল মন ॥ ৩৩ ॥
ईश्वर ओ करिया सङ्ख्या-नामेर ग्रहण मद्याह्नादि क्रिया करिबारे हैल मन ॥ ३३ ॥
īśvara o kariyā saṅkhyā-nāmera grahaṇa madyāhnādi kriyā karibāre haila mana || 33 ||
isvara o kariya sankhya-namera grahana madyahnadi kriya karibare haila mana (33)
English translation:
(33) Meanwhile, the Lord completed the chanting of His fixed number of holy names and prepared to perform His noon duties.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase saṅkhyā-nāma refers to chanting the holy names of the Lord a certain number of times, as opposed to chanting the holy names without counting. The word grahaṇa refers to chanting.