Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.10.139, 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 139 of Antya-khanda chapter 10—“The Glories of Shri Pundarika Vidyanidhi”.
Verse 3.10.139
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.10.139:
ভাল-দিন হৈল মোর আজি সুপ্রভাত মুখ-কপোলের ভাগ্যে বাজিল শ্রী-হাত” ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
भाल-दिन हैल मोर आजि सुप्रभात मुख-कपोलेर भाग्ये बाजिल श्री-हात” ॥ १३९ ॥
bhāla-dina haila mora āji suprabhāta mukha-kapolera bhāgye bājila śrī-hāta” || 139 ||
bhala-dina haila mora aji suprabhata mukha-kapolera bhagye bajila sri-hata” (139)
English translation:
(139) “This is the auspicious beginning of a new day, for my face and forehead were touched by Your lotus hand.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi thought about his bodily pains and understood that the touch of the Lord’s lotus hands had awakened his good fortune. He was extremely happy because the Lord had personally punished him. This is the real mercy of the Lord on his servant.