Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.226, 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 226 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.226
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.226:
বহু-বিধ মুখ-বাদ্য, নৃত্য, পদ-তাল যেন মহা-রাস-ক্রীডা শুনেন বিশাল ॥ ২২৬ ॥
बहु-विध मुख-वाद्य, नृत्य, पद-ताल येन महा-रास-क्रीडा शुनेन विशाल ॥ २२६ ॥
bahu-vidha mukha-vādya, nṛtya, pada-tāla yena mahā-rāsa-krīḍā śunena viśāla || 226 ||
bahu-vidha mukha-vadya, nrtya, pada-tala yena maha-rasa-krida sunena visala (226)
English translation:
(226) By the sound of dancing and various wind instruments, she considered that a grand rāsa-līlā festival was taking place.