Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.29, 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 29 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.29
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.29:
আই চলিলেন নিজ বধূর সহিতে লক্ষ্মী-রূপে নৃত্য বড অদ্ভুত দেখিতে ॥ ২৯ ॥
आइ चलिलेन निज वधूर सहिते लक्ष्मी-रूपे नृत्य बड अद्भुत देखिते ॥ २९ ॥
āi calilena nija vadhūra sahite lakṣmī-rūpe nṛtya baḍa adbhuta dekhite || 29 ||
ai calilena nija vadhura sahite laksmi-rupe nrtya bada adbhuta dekhite (29)
English translation:
(29) Mother Śacī and her daughter-in-law went there to see the Lord’s wonderful dance in the role of Lakṣmī.