Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.186, 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 186 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.186:

দেখিতে আযত দুই অরুণ নযন আর কি কমল আছে হেন হয জ্ঞান ॥ ১৮৬ ॥

देखिते आयत दुइ अरुण नयन आर कि कमल आछे हेन हय ज्ञान ॥ १८६ ॥

dekhite āyata dui aruṇa nayana āra ki kamala āche hena haya jñāna || 186 ||

dekhite ayata dui aruna nayana ara ki kamala ache hena haya jnana (186)

English translation:

(186) One who sees His elongated lotus eyes wonders whether other lotuses exist.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In comparison to the beauty of Gaurasundara’s long lotus eyes, the beauty of other lotuses becomes insignificant.

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