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”.
Verse 2.6.80
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.