Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.9.217, 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 217 of Adi-khanda chapter 9—“Nityananda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places”.
Verse 1.9.217
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.217:
চৈতন্যের আদি-ভক্ত নিত্যানন্দ-রায চৈতন্যের যশ বৈসে যাঙ্হার জিহ্বায ॥ ২১৭ ॥
चैतन्येर आदि-भक्त नित्यानन्द-राय चैतन्येर यश वैसे याङ्हार जिह्वाय ॥ २१७ ॥
caitanyera ādi-bhakta nityānanda-rāya caitanyera yaśa vaise yāṅhāra jihvāya || 217 ||
caitanyera adi-bhakta nityananda-raya caitanyera yasa vaise yanhara jihvaya (217)
English translation:
(217) Lord Nityānanda is the foremost devotee of Lord Caitanya, for the glories of Lord Caitanya always reside on His tongue.