Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.162, 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 162 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.162
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.162:
পুনঃ দেখে ত্রিভঙ্গিম মুরলী-বদন চতুর্-দিকে যন্ত্র-গীত গায গোপী-গণ ॥ ১৬২ ॥
पुनः देखे त्रिभङ्गिम मुरली-वदन चतुर्-दिके यन्त्र-गीत गाय गोपी-गण ॥ १६२ ॥
punaḥ dekhe tribhaṅgima muralī-vadana catur-dike yantra-gīta gāya gopī-gaṇa || 162 ||
punah dekhe tribhangima murali-vadana catur-dike yantra-gita gaya gopi-gana (162)
English translation:
(162) He then again saw the threefold bending form of the Lord playing on His flute and surrounded on all sides by the gopīs, who were singing and playing various musical instruments.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase yantra-gīta refers to singing with the accompaniment of musical instruments.