Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.277, 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 277 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.277
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.277:
ত্রিভঙ্গ হৈযা, কভু দাণ্ডাইযা, অঙ্গুলে মুরলী বা’য জিনি’ মত্ত গজ, চলৈ সহজ, দেখি’ নযন জুডায ॥ ২৭৭ ॥
त्रिभङ्ग हैया, कभु दाण्डाइया, अङ्गुले मुरली वा’य जिनि’ मत्त गज, चलै सहज, देखि’ नयन जुडाय ॥ २७७ ॥
tribhaṅga haiyā, kabhu dāṇḍāiyā, aṅgule muralī vā’ya jini’ matta gaja, calai sahaja, dekhi’ nayana juḍāya || 277 ||
tribhanga haiya, kabhu dandaiya, angule murali va’ya jini’ matta gaja, calai sahaja, dekhi’ nayana judaya (277)
English translation:
(277) Sometimes He stood in a threefold-bending form and pretended to play a flute with His fingers. His walking like a maddened elephant
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
pleased the eyes of all.