Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.12.6, 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 6 of Madhya-khanda chapter 12—“The Glories of Nityananda”.
Verse 2.12.6
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.12.6:
বর্ষাতে গঙ্গাযে ঢেউ কুম্ভীরে বেষ্টিত তাহাতে ভাসযে, তিলার্ধেক নাহি ভীত ॥ ৬ ॥
वर्षाते गङ्गाये ढेउ कुम्भीरे वेष्टित ताहाते भासये, तिलार्धेक नाहि भीत ॥ ६ ॥
varṣāte gaṅgāye ḍheu kumbhīre veṣṭita tāhāte bhāsaye, tilārdheka nāhi bhīta || 6 ||
varsate gangaye dheu kumbhire vestita tahate bhasaye, tilardheka nahi bhita (6)
English translation:
(6) During the rainy season the waves of the Ganges were full of crocodiles, yet Nityānanda fearlessly floated in those waters.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
During the rainy season many crocodiles were seen in the river. Nityānanda did not for even a moment become afraid to play in the waters of such a crocodile-infested river.