Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.24, 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 24 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.24
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.24:
ক্ষণেকে গঙ্গার মাঝে এডেন সাঙ্তার মহাস্রোতে লৈ’ যায, সন্তোষ অপার ॥ ২৪ ॥
क्षणेके गङ्गार माझे एडेन साङ्तार महास्रोते लै’ याय, सन्तोष अपार ॥ २४ ॥
kṣaṇeke gaṅgāra mājhe eḍena sāṅtāra mahāsrote lai’ yāya, santoṣa apāra || 24 ||
ksaneke gangara majhe edena santara mahasrote lai’ yaya, santosa apara (24)
English translation:
(24) Sometimes He swam in the Ganges, and sometimes He happily floated in the current.