Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.163, 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 163 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.163
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.163:
কিবা সে শ্রী-বিগ্রহের সৌন্দর্য অনুপাম দেখিতেই সর্ব চিত্ত হরে অবিরাম ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
किबा से श्री-विग्रहेर सौन्दर्य अनुपाम देखितेइ सर्व चित्त हरे अविराम ॥ १६३ ॥
kibā se śrī-vigrahera saundarya anupāma dekhitei sarva citta hare avirāma || 163 ||
kiba se sri-vigrahera saundarya anupama dekhitei sarva citta hare avirama (163)
English translation:
(163) How sweet was the Lord’s matchless form! Just by seeing Him, the hearts of everyone became captivated.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word anupāma means “matchless” or “incomparable.”
Another reading for kibā se śrī-vigrahera saundarya anupāma (“How sweet was the Lord’s matchless form!”) is ki śobhāśrī-vigrahera saundaryānupāma, which means the same.