Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.180, 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 180 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.180
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.180:
বাকোবাক্য-পরিহাস শ্রীধরের সঙ্গে দুই চারি দণ্ড করি’ চলে প্রভু রঙ্গে ॥ ১৮০ ॥
वाकोवाक्य-परिहास श्रीधरेर सङ्गे दुइ चारि दण्ड करि’ चले प्रभु रङ्गे ॥ १८० ॥
vākovākya-parihāsa śrīdharera saṅge dui cāri daṇḍa kari’ cale prabhu raṅge || 180 ||
vakovakya-parihasa sridharera sange dui cari danda kari’ cale prabhu range (180)
English translation:
(180) The Lord would tease Śrīdhara in the course of their regular conversations, which would last for an hour or two.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word vākovākya means “conversation” or “speaking and hearing.”