Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.27, 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 27 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.27
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.27:
কোন-দিন পত্রের গডিযা নাগ-গণ জলে যায লৈযা সকল শিশু-গণ ॥ ২৭ ॥
कोन-दिन पत्रेर गडिया नाग-गण जले याय लैया सकल शिशु-गण ॥ २७ ॥
kona-dina patrera gaḍiyā nāga-gaṇa jale yāya laiyā sakala śiśu-gaṇa || 27 ||
kona-dina patrera gadiya naga-gana jale yaya laiya sakala sisu-gana (27)
English translation:
(27) One day the Lord made snakes out of leaves and then took His friends to the water.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this verse the word nāga-gaṇa refers to the replicas of Kāliya and the other serpents, and the word jale refers to the water of the lake within the Yamunā.