Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.168, 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 168 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.
Verse 2.3.168
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.168:
দোঙ্হার বচন শুনি’ হাসে গৌরচন্দ্র ছলে বুঝাইল ‘বড গূঢ নিত্যানন্দ’ ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
दोङ्हार वचन शुनि’ हासे गौरचन्द्र छले बुझाइल ‘बड गूढ नित्यानन्द’ ॥ १६८ ॥
doṅhāra vacana śuni’ hāse gauracandra chale bujhāila ‘baḍa gūḍha nityānanda’ || 168 ||
donhara vacana suni’ hase gauracandra chale bujhaila ‘bada gudha nityananda’ (168)
English translation:
(168) Gauracandra smiled as he heard their report. By this pastime He revealed that Nityānanda is most confidential.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Due to the covered nature of Gaura’s pastimes, no one can immediately recognize Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Nityānanda is also the most confidential covered form of Baladeva. Mahāprabhu smiled as He disclosed the confidential mystery of Śrī Nityānanda to Haridāsa and Śrīvāsa.