Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.191, 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 191 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.191
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.191:
সে প্রভু আপনে নাচে আপনার নামে ইহার কি ফল—কিবা বলিব পুরাণে? ॥ ১৯১ ॥
से प्रभु आपने नाचे आपनार नामे इहार कि फल—किबा बलिब पुराणे? ॥ १९१ ॥
se prabhu āpane nāce āpanāra nāme ihāra ki phala—kibā baliba purāṇe? || 191 ||
se prabhu apane nace apanara name ihara ki phala—kiba baliba purane? (191)
English translation:
(191) When the Lord Himself dances to the chanting of His own names, who can say what benefit is there? Can even the Purāṇas describe this?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word prabhu refers to Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, who is personally dancing while chanting His own names. The Purāṇas cannot reach the end of describing the glories of this.