Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.98, 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 98 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.98
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.98:
এই-মত ক্রীডা করি’ নিত্যানন্দ-রায শিশু হৈতে কৃষ্ণ-লীলা বিনা নাহি ভায ॥ ৯৮ ॥
एइ-मत क्रीडा करि’ नित्यानन्द-राय शिशु हैते कृष्ण-लीला विना नाहि भाय ॥ ९८ ॥
ei-mata krīḍā kari’ nityānanda-rāya śiśu haite kṛṣṇa-līlā vinā nāhi bhāya || 98 ||
ei-mata krida kari’ nityananda-raya sisu haite krsna-lila vina nahi bhaya (98)
English translation:
(98) Thus, from His childhood, Nityānanda had no interest other than enacting the various pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.