Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.149, 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 149 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.149
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.149:
যখন হাসযে প্রভু মহা-অট্টহাস সেই হয প্রহরেক আনন্দ-বিলাস ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
यखन हासये प्रभु महा-अट्टहास सेइ हय प्रहरेक आनन्द-विलास ॥ १४९ ॥
yakhana hāsaye prabhu mahā-aṭṭahāsa sei haya prahareka ānanda-vilāsa || 149 ||
yakhana hasaye prabhu maha-attahasa sei haya prahareka ananda-vilasa (149)
English translation:
(149) When the Lord laughed loudly in ecstasy, He would continue laughing for three hours.