Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.164, 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 164 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.164
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.164:
কনক-পনস যেন পুলকিত অঙ্গ ক্ষণে-ক্ষণে অট্ট-অট্ট হাসে বহু রঙ্গ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
कनक-पनस येन पुलकित अङ्ग क्षणे-क्षणे अट्ट-अट्ट हासे बहु रङ्ग ॥ १६४ ॥
kanaka-panasa yena pulakita aṅga kṣaṇe-kṣaṇe aṭṭa-aṭṭa hāse bahu raṅga || 164 ||
kanaka-panasa yena pulakita anga ksane-ksane atta-atta hase bahu ranga (164)
English translation:
(164) When the hairs of His body stood on end, His body looked like a golden jackfruit. Again and again He would laugh loudly with great jubilation.