Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.167, 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 167 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.167
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.167:
সর্ব-অঙ্গ স্তম্ভা-কৃতি ক্ষণে-ক্ষণে হয ক্ষণে হয সেই অঙ্গ নবনীত-ময ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
सर्व-अङ्ग स्तम्भा-कृति क्षणे-क्षणे हय क्षणे हय सेइ अङ्ग नवनीत-मय ॥ १६७ ॥
sarva-aṅga stambhā-kṛti kṣaṇe-kṣaṇe haya kṣaṇe haya sei aṅga navanīta-maya || 167 ||
sarva-anga stambha-krti ksane-ksane haya ksane haya sei anga navanita-maya (167)
English translation:
(167) Sometimes His entire body assumed the stationary form of a pillar, and sometimes the same body became as soft as butter.