Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.201, 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 201 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.201
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.201:
দৈব-গতি তথায আইলা হরিদাস ডঙ্ক-নৃত্য দেখেন হৈযা এক-পাশ ॥ ২০১ ॥
दैव-गति तथाय आइला हरिदास डङ्क-नृत्य देखेन हैया एक-पाश ॥ २०१ ॥
daiva-gati tathāya āilā haridāsa ḍaṅka-nṛtya dekhena haiyā eka-pāśa || 201 ||
daiva-gati tathaya aila haridasa danka-nrtya dekhena haiya eka-pasa (201)
English translation:
(201) By providence Haridāsa came there and began to watch the snake charmer from the side.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase daiva-gati means “without any purpose” or “by one’s own sweet will.”