Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.172, 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 172 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.172
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.172:
ভাবাবেশে এক-বার ধরে যা’র পায আর বার পুনঃ তা’র উঠযে মাথায ॥ ১৭২ ॥
भावावेशे एक-बार धरे या’र पाय आर बार पुनः ता’र उठये माथाय ॥ १७२ ॥
bhāvāveśe eka-bāra dhare yā’ra pāya āra bāra punaḥ tā’ra uṭhaye māthāya || 172 ||
bhavavese eka-bara dhare ya’ra paya ara bara punah ta’ra uthaye mathaya (172)
English translation:
(172) In ecstasy, He would catch the feet of someone and then climb on his head.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Sometimes the Lord touched the feet of a devotee, and sometimes He climbed on that devotee’s head.