Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.177, 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 177 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.177
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.177:
গঙ্গা-জলে কেলি করে প্রভু বিশ্বম্ভর সমুদ্রের মাঝে যেন পূর্ণ-শশধর ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
गङ्गा-जले केलि करे प्रभु विश्वम्भर समुद्रेर माझे येन पूर्ण-शशधर ॥ १७७ ॥
gaṅgā-jale keli kare prabhu viśvambhara samudrera mājhe yena pūrṇa-śaśadhara || 177 ||
ganga-jale keli kare prabhu visvambhara samudrera majhe yena purna-sasadhara (177)
English translation:
(177) As Lord Viśvambhara sported in the Ganges, it appeared that the full moon was rising from the middle of the ocean.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The analogies and descriptions attributed to the Lord in this verse and in the following verses 182-184 reveal the poetic genius of the author.