Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.177, 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 177 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.177
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.177:
ক্ষণে ধ্যান করি’ করে মুরলীর ছন্দ সাক্ষাত্ দেখিযে যেন বৃন্দাবন-চন্দ্র ॥ ১৭৭ ॥
क्षणे ध्यान करि’ करे मुरलीर छन्द साक्षात् देखिये येन वृन्दावन-चन्द्र ॥ १७७ ॥
kṣaṇe dhyāna kari’ kare muralīra chanda sākṣāt dekhiye yena vṛndāvana-candra || 177 ||
ksane dhyana kari’ kare muralira chanda saksat dekhiye yena vrndavana-candra (177)
English translation:
(177) Sometimes He would become absorbed in meditation and play a flute. Then He appeared exactly like Kṛṣṇa, the moonlike Lord of Vṛndāvana.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
TEXT 178
bāhya pāi’ dāsya-bhāve karaye krandana dante tṛṇa kari’ cāhe caraṇa-sevana
On regaining His external consciousness, He would cry in the mood of a servant. He would hold straw between His teeth and beg for the service of the Lord’s lotus feet.