Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.42, 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 42 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.42
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.42:
হাতে নডি চারি-দিকে ধাইযা বেডায সর্বাঙ্গে পুলক `কৃষ্ণ’ সবারে জাগায ॥ ৪২ ॥
हाते नडि चारि-दिके धाइया वेडाय सर्वाङ्गे पुलक `कृष्ण’ सबारे जागाय ॥ ४२ ॥
hāte naḍi cāri-dike dhāiyā veḍāya sarvāṅge pulaka `kṛṣṇa’ sabāre jāgāya || 42 ||
hate nadi cari-dike dhaiya vedaya sarvange pulaka `krsna’ sabare jagaya (42)
English translation:
(42) As he ran about with a stick in his hand alerting everyone, the hairs of his body stood on end out of love for Kṛṣṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word naḍi refers to a bamboo pole, a stick, or a cane.