Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.168, 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 168 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.168
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.168:
মাধবেন্দ্র-পুরী নিত্যানন্দে করি’ কোলে উত্তর না স্ফুরে,—কণ্ঠ-রুদ্ধ প্রেম-জলে ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
माधवेन्द्र-पुरी नित्यानन्दे करि’ कोले उत्तर ना स्फुरे,—कण्ठ-रुद्ध प्रेम-जले ॥ १६८ ॥
mādhavendra-purī nityānande kari’ kole uttara nā sphure,—kaṇṭha-ruddha prema-jale || 168 ||
madhavendra-puri nityanande kari’ kole uttara na sphure,—kantha-ruddha prema-jale (168)
English translation:
(168) Mādhavendra Purī embraced Nityānanda and was unable to reply, for his throat was choked with love.