Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.87, 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 87 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.87
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.87:
ক্ষণে হাসে, ক্ষণে কান্দে, ক্ষণে মূর্ছা পায লক্ষ্মীরে দেখিযা ক্ষণে মারিবারে যায ॥ ৮৭ ॥
क्षणे हासे, क्षणे कान्दे, क्षणे मूर्छा पाय लक्ष्मीरे देखिया क्षणे मारिबारे याय ॥ ८७ ॥
kṣaṇe hāse, kṣaṇe kānde, kṣaṇe mūrchā pāya lakṣmīre dekhiyā kṣaṇe māribāre yāya || 87 ||
ksane hase, ksane kande, ksane murcha paya laksmire dekhiya ksane maribare yaya (87)
English translation:
(87) Sometimes He laughed, sometimes He cried, sometimes He fell unconscious to the ground, and sometimes when He saw Viṣṇupriyā He rushed forward to beat her.