Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.180, 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 180 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.180
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.180:
আনন্দ-বিবাদ লক্ষ্মী-গণে প্রভু-গণে উচ্চ করি’ বর-কন্যা তোলে হর্ষ মনে ॥ ১৮০ ॥
आनन्द-विवाद लक्ष्मी-गणे प्रभु-गणे उच्च करि’ वर-कन्या तोले हर्ष मने ॥ १८० ॥
ānanda-vivāda lakṣmī-gaṇe prabhu-gaṇe ucca kari’ vara-kanyā tole harṣa mane || 180 ||
ananda-vivada laksmi-gane prabhu-gane ucca kari’ vara-kanya tole harsa mane (180)
English translation:
(180) Then the associates of the bride lifted her and the associates of the groom lifted Him in a joyous competition over who could lift higher.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase ānanda-vivāda refers to a joyful competition between two parties. The phrase lakṣmī-gaṇe refers to the persons in Viṣṇupriyā-devī’s party. The phrase prabhu-gaṇe refers to the persons in Viśvambhara’s party.