Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.154, 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 154 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.154
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.154:
ক্ষণে হয তুলা হৈতে অত্যন্ত পাতল হরিষে করিযা কান্ধে বুলযে সকল ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
क्षणे हय तुला हैते अत्यन्त पातल हरिषे करिया कान्धे बुलये सकल ॥ १५४ ॥
kṣaṇe haya tulā haite atyanta pātala hariṣe kariyā kāndhe bulaye sakala || 154 ||
ksane haya tula haite atyanta patala harise kariya kandhe bulaye sakala (154)
English translation:
(154) Sometimes He would become as light as cotton, and His followers would happily carry Him on their shoulders.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Sometimes the Lord’s body would become lighter than cotton. The devotees would then carry Him on their shoulders to different places. The word pātala means “thin,” “light,” or “tiny.”