Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.16.88, 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 88 of Madhya-khanda chapter 16—“The Lord’s Acceptance of Shuklambara’s Rice”.
Verse 2.16.88
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.16.88:
তোমার চরণ-ধুলি সর্বাঙ্গে লেপিলে ভাসযে পুরুষ কৃষ্ণ-প্রেম-রস-জলে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
तोमार चरण-धुलि सर्वाङ्गे लेपिले भासये पुरुष कृष्ण-प्रेम-रस-जले ॥ ८८ ॥
tomāra caraṇa-dhuli sarvāṅge lepile bhāsaye puruṣa kṛṣṇa-prema-rasa-jale || 88 ||
tomara carana-dhuli sarvange lepile bhasaye purusa krsna-prema-rasa-jale (88)
English translation:
(88) “If one smears the dust of Your lotus feet over his body, he will float in the mellows of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.