Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.179, 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 179 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.179
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.179:
ব্রহ্মাদির অভিলাষ যে রূপ দেখিতে হেন প্রভু বিপ্র-রূপে খেলে সে জলেতে ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
ब्रह्मादिर अभिलाष ये रूप देखिते हेन प्रभु विप्र-रूपे खेले से जलेते ॥ १७९ ॥
brahmādira abhilāṣa ye rūpa dekhite hena prabhu vipra-rūpe khele se jalete || 179 ||
brahmadira abhilasa ye rupa dekhite hena prabhu vipra-rupe khele se jalete (179)
English translation:
(179) The same Lord that personalities such as Brahmā desire to see was now sporting in the water in the form of a brāhmaṇa.