Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.6.80, 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 80 of Madhya-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Acarya”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.6.80:

কিবা নখ, কিবা মণি না পারে চিনিতে ত্রিভঙ্গে বাজায বাংশী হাসিতে হাসিতে ॥ ৮০ ॥

किबा नख, किबा मणि ना पारे चिनिते त्रिभङ्गे बाजाय वांशी हासिते हासिते ॥ ८० ॥

kibā nakha, kibā maṇi nā pāre cinite tribhaṅge bājāya vāṃśī hāsite hāsite || 80 ||

kiba nakha, kiba mani na pare cinite tribhange bajaya vamsi hasite hasite (80)

English translation:

(80) No one could discern whether the shining objects at the Lord’s feet were toenails or jewels. Standing in a threefold bending pose, He smiled as He played a flute.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Gaurasundara’s beautiful toenails sparkled like shining jewels, so they were mistaken for jewels rather than toenails.

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