Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.11.43, 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 43 of Madhya-khanda chapter 11—“The Characteristics of Nityananda”.
Verse 2.11.43
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.11.43:
ক্ষণেকে উডিযা কাক অদৃশ্য হৈল বাটী মুখে করি’ পুনঃ সেখানে আইল ॥ ৪৩ ॥
क्षणेके उडिया काक अदृश्य हैल बाटी मुखे करि’ पुनः सेखाने आइल ॥ ४३ ॥
kṣaṇeke uḍiyā kāka adṛśya haila bāṭī mukhe kari’ punaḥ sekhāne āila || 43 ||
ksaneke udiya kaka adrsya haila bati mukhe kari’ punah sekhane aila (43)
English translation:
(43) Within a short time the crow flew out of sight and then returned there with the bowl in its beak.