Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.205, 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 205 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.205
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.205:
কতি গেল রমার বদন-দৃষ্টি-সুখ বিরহী হৈযা কান্দে তুলি’ বাহু-মুখ ॥ ২০৫ ॥
कति गेल रमार वदन-दृष्टि-सुख विरही हैया कान्दे तुलि’ बाहु-मुख ॥ २०५ ॥
kati gela ramāra vadana-dṛṣṭi-sukha virahī haiyā kānde tuli’ bāhu-mukha || 205 ||
kati gela ramara vadana-drsti-sukha virahi haiya kande tuli’ bahu-mukha (205)
English translation:
(205) Where did the happiness of looking at the face of Ramā, the goddess of fortune, go? Now the Lord raised His arms and face and cried in separation.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Instead of looking at the face of Lakṣmī in His capacity as the enjoyer of conjugal mellows, the Lord raised His face and arms and began to cry, being merged in the ocean of separation.