Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.167, 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 167 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.167
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.167:
নযনে দেখিনু মাধবেন্দ্রের চরণ এ প্রেম দেখিযা ধন্য হৈল জীবন” ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
नयने देखिनु माधवेन्द्रेर चरण ए प्रेम देखिया धन्य हैल जीवन” ॥ १६७ ॥
nayane dekhinu mādhavendrera caraṇa e prema dekhiyā dhanya haila jīvana” || 167 ||
nayane dekhinu madhavendrera carana e prema dekhiya dhanya haila jivana” (167)
English translation:
(167) “Today I have seen the lotus feet of Mādhavendra Purī. By seeing his ecstatic love of God, My life has become successful.”