Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.147, 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 147 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.147
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.147:
যখন কান্দযে প্রভু, প্রহরেক কান্দে লোটায ভূমিতে কেশ, তাহা নাহি বান্ধে ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
यखन कान्दये प्रभु, प्रहरेक कान्दे लोटाय भूमिते केश, ताहा नाहि बान्धे ॥ १४७ ॥
yakhana kāndaye prabhu, prahareka kānde loṭāya bhūmite keśa, tāhā nāhi bāndhe || 147 ||
yakhana kandaye prabhu, prahareka kande lotaya bhumite kesa, taha nahi bandhe (147)
English translation:
(147) Whenever the Lord cried, He cried for three hours. His hair became untied and scattered on the floor.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The hair of the Lord loosened. While crying for three hours, He found no opportunity to tie His loosened hair.