Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.85, 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 85 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.85
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.85:
নিরবধি নিত্যানন্দ থাকেন সংহতি প্রভু-নিত্যানন্দের বিচ্ছেদ নাহি কতি ॥ ৮৫ ॥
निरवधि नित्यानन्द थाकेन संहति प्रभु-नित्यानन्देर विच्छेद नाहि कति ॥ ८५ ॥
niravadhi nityānanda thākena saṃhati prabhu-nityānandera viccheda nāhi kati || 85 ||
niravadhi nityananda thakena samhati prabhu-nityanandera viccheda nahi kati (85)
English translation:
(85) Nityānanda constantly remained with the Lord. They were never separated for even a moment.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Mahāprabhu enacted the pastime of always remaining with Nityānanda in order to display His most relishable pastimes.