Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.8.148, 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 148 of Adi-khanda chapter 8—“The Disappearance of Jagannatha Mishra”.
Verse 1.8.148
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.8.148:
সেই-মতে দৃষ্টি কৈলা যোগ-নিদ্রা-প্রতি পৃথিবীতে শুই’ আছে বৈকুণ্ঠের পতি ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
सेइ-मते दृष्टि कैला योग-निद्रा-प्रति पृथिवीते शुइ’ आछे वैकुण्ठेर पति ॥ १४८ ॥
sei-mate dṛṣṭi kailā yoga-nidrā-prati pṛthivīte śui’ āche vaikuṇṭhera pati || 148 ||
sei-mate drsti kaila yoga-nidra-prati prthivite sui’ ache vaikunthera pati (148)
English translation:
(148) In this way the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha entered into yoga-nidrā as He lay there on the ground.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word yoga-nidrā indicates that the Lord slept with the help of yogamāyā, which is His independent spiritual nourisher of His transcendental pastimes.