Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.54, 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 54 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.54
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.54:
শ্রীবাসের বেশ দেখি’ সর্ব-গণ হাসে করিযা গভীর নাদ অদ্বৈত জিজ্ঞাসে ॥ ৫৪ ॥
श्रीवासेर वेश देखि’ सर्व-गण हासे करिया गभीर नाद अद्वैत जिज्ञासे ॥ ५४ ॥
śrīvāsera veśa dekhi’ sarva-gaṇa hāse kariyā gabhīra nāda advaita jijñāse || 54 ||
srivasera vesa dekhi’ sarva-gana hase kariya gabhira nada advaita jijnase (54)
English translation:
(54) On seeing Śrīvāsa’s dress, everyone laughed. Advaita questioned him in a grave voice.