Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.193, 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 193 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.193:

যা’র নামানন্দে শিব বসন না জানে যা’র যশে নাচে শিব, সে নাচে আপনে ॥ ১৯৩ ॥

या’र नामानन्दे शिव वसन ना जाने या’र यशे नाचे शिव, से नाचे आपने ॥ १९३ ॥

yā’ra nāmānande śiva vasana nā jāne yā’ra yaśe nāce śiva, se nāce āpane || 193 ||

ya’ra namanande siva vasana na jane ya’ra yase nace siva, se nace apane (193)

English translation:

(193) He whose ecstatic holy names and glories induce Lord Śiva to forget his clothes and dance was now personally dancing.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Being absorbed in the ecstasy of chanting the Lord’s names, Mahādeva,

the Lord’s devotee, forgets to wear his clothes. He whose glories when sung induce Śiva to dance in ecstasy now began to dance Himself.

Another reading of the word yaśe, or “by the glories,” is rase, or “by the mellows.”

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