Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.4.3, 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 3 of Madhya-khanda chapter 4—“Revelation of Nityananda’s Glories”.
Verse 2.4.3
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.4.3:
রসনায লিহে যেন, দরশনে পান ভুজে যেন আলিঙ্গন, নাসিকাযে ঘ্রাণ ॥ ৩ ॥
रसनाय लिहे येन, दरशने पान भुजे येन आलिङ्गन, नासिकाये घ्राण ॥ ३ ॥
rasanāya lihe yena, daraśane pāna bhuje yena āliṅgana, nāsikāye ghrāṇa || 3 ||
rasanaya lihe yena, darasane pana bhuje yena alingana, nasikaye ghrana (3)
English translation:
(3) He appeared to be licking that beautiful form with His tongue, drinking it with His eyes, embracing it with His arms, and smelling it with His nose.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
On seeing the beautiful form of Gaurasundara, Nityānanda displayed the pastime of relishing that form as if by licking it with His tongue, drinking it with His eyes, embracing it with His arms, and smelling it with His nose.