Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.12.8, 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 8 of Madhya-khanda chapter 12—“The Glories of Nityananda”.
Verse 2.12.8
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.12.8:
অনন্তের ভাবে প্রভু ভাসেন গঙ্গায না বুঝিযা সর্ব-লোক করে—`হায হায’ ॥ ৮ ॥
अनन्तेर भावे प्रभु भासेन गङ्गाय ना बुझिया सर्व-लोक करे—`हाय हाय’ ॥ ८ ॥
anantera bhāve prabhu bhāsena gaṅgāya nā bujhiyā sarva-loka kare—`hāya hāya’ || 8 ||
anantera bhave prabhu bhasena gangaya na bujhiya sarva-loka kare—`haya haya’ (8)
English translation:
(8) Nityānanda floated in the Ganges in the mood of Ananta. Not understanding His glories, everyone lamented, “Alas! Alas!”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Lord Ananta eternally lies down in the Casual Ocean. In the same mood
Nityānanda floated in the Ganges by way of swimming. Those who did not know His glories became filled with anxiety.