Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.186, 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 186 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.186
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.186:
এই লীলা করিব চৈতন্য হেন আছে ইহার করণে সে শ্রীধরে খোলা বেচে ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
एइ लीला करिब चैतन्य हेन आछे इहार करणे से श्रीधरे खोला वेचे ॥ १८६ ॥
ei līlā kariba caitanya hena āche ihāra karaṇe se śrīdhare kholā vece || 186 ||
ei lila kariba caitanya hena ache ihara karane se sridhare khola vece (186)
English translation:
(186) Lord Caitanya had a desire to perform these pastimes, that is why He had Śrīdhara sell banana leaves.