Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.87, 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 87 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.87
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.87:
কি অপূর্ব শক্তি প্রকাশিলা গৌরচন্দ্র কে-মতে খাযেন, নাহি জানে ভক্ত-বৃন্দ ॥ ৮৭ ॥
कि अपूर्व शक्ति प्रकाशिला गौरचन्द्र के-मते खायेन, नाहि जाने भक्त-वृन्द ॥ ८७ ॥
ki apūrva śakti prakāśilā gauracandra ke-mate khāyena, nāhi jāne bhakta-vṛnda || 87 ||
ki apurva sakti prakasila gauracandra ke-mate khayena, nahi jane bhakta-vrnda (87)
English translation:
(87) Such was the unprecedented opulence manifested by Gauracandra! The devotees could not understand how the Lord ate everything.