Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.4.68, 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 68 of Adi-khanda chapter 4—“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.68:

কুণ্ডলী করিযা সর্প রহিল বেডিযা ঠাকুর থাকিলা তার উপরে শুইযা ॥ ৬৮ ॥

कुण्डली करिया सर्प रहिल वेडिया ठाकुर थाकिला तार उपरे शुइया ॥ ६८ ॥

kuṇḍalī kariyā sarpa rahila veḍiyā ṭhākura thākilā tāra upare śuiyā || 68 ||

kundali kariya sarpa rahila vediya thakura thakila tara upare suiya (68)

English translation:

(68) The Lord then laid down on the coils of the snake.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word kuṇḍalī means “snake,” but in this context it refers to the coils of the snake.

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