Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.173, 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 173 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.173
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.173:
ক্ষণে যা’র গলা ধরি’ করযে ক্রন্দন ক্ষণেকে তাহার কান্ধে করে আরোহণ ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
क्षणे या’र गला धरि’ करये क्रन्दन क्षणेके ताहार कान्धे करे आरोहण ॥ १७३ ॥
kṣaṇe yā’ra galā dhari’ karaye krandana kṣaṇeke tāhāra kāndhe kare ārohaṇa || 173 ||
ksane ya’ra gala dhari’ karaye krandana ksaneke tahara kandhe kare arohana (173)
English translation:
(173) Sometimes He would cry while embracing someone around their neck, and then the next moment He would climb on his shoulders.