Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.190, 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 190 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.190
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.190:
আপনে ধরিযা শিশু আনিলা জননী হাসে গৌরচন্দ্র,—যেন ইন্দ্রনীল-মণি ॥ ১৯০ ॥
आपने धरिया शिशु आनिला जननी हासे गौरचन्द्र,—येन इन्द्रनील-मणि ॥ १९० ॥
āpane dhariyā śiśu ānilā jananī hāse gauracandra,—yena indranīla-maṇi || 190 ||
apane dhariya sisu anila janani hase gauracandra,—yena indranila-mani (190)
English translation:
(190) Then mother Śacī personally pulled Him off His seat, and Lord Gauracandra smiled like a shining blue sapphire.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase yena indranīla-maṇi indicates that the golden body of Nimāi was smeared with soot from the impure rejected cooking pots, therefore He looked like a brightly shining blue sapphire, or He looked exactly like Śrī Nanda-gopāla. Otherwise (according to Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary on the word akṛṣṇam found in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.5.32—“kṛṣṇa- varṇaṃ tvisākṛṣṇaṃ”), Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation for Kali-yuga looked as bright as a blue sapphire.