Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.161, 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 161 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.161
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.161:
ক্ষণে যায সবার চরণ ধরিবারে পলায বৈষ্ণব-গণ চারি-দিকে ডরে ॥ ১৬১ ॥
क्षणे याय सबार चरण धरिबारे पलाय वैष्णव-गण चारि-दिके डरे ॥ १६१ ॥
kṣaṇe yāya sabāra caraṇa dharibāre palāya vaiṣṇava-gaṇa cāri-dike ḍare || 161 ||
ksane yaya sabara carana dharibare palaya vaisnava-gana cari-dike dare (161)
English translation:
(161) Sometimes He tried to catch everyone’s feet, and the Vaiṣṇavas ran away out of fear.