Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.222, 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 222 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.222
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.222:
কখনো দেখি যে অঙ্গ গুণ-দুই-তিন কখনো স্বভাব হৈতে অতিশয ক্ষীণ ॥ ২২২ ॥
कखनो देखि ये अङ्ग गुण-दुइ-तिन कखनो स्वभाव हैते अतिशय क्षीण ॥ २२२ ॥
kakhano dekhi ye aṅga guṇa-dui-tina kakhano svabhāva haite atiśaya kṣīṇa || 222 ||
kakhano dekhi ye anga guna-dui-tina kakhano svabhava haite atisaya ksina (222)
English translation:
(222) Sometimes His body appeared to double or triple in size, and sometimes it appeared to shrink.