Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.185, 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 185 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.185
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.185:
পূর্বে যে বৈষ্ণব দেখি’ ধরযে চরণ তার বক্ষে উঠি’ করে চরণ অর্পণ ॥ ১৮৫ ॥
पूर्वे ये वैष्णव देखि’ धरये चरण तार वक्षे उठि’ करे चरण अर्पण ॥ १८५ ॥
pūrve ye vaiṣṇava dekhi’ dharaye caraṇa tāra vakṣe uṭhi’ kare caraṇa arpaṇa || 185 ||
purve ye vaisnava dekhi’ dharaye carana tara vakse uthi’ kare carana arpana (185)
English translation:
(185) Previously, whenever the Lord saw a Vaiṣṇava He would catch hold of his feet, but now He would climb on their chest and offer His feet to them.