Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.98, 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 98 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.98
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.98:
এই-মত বলে প্রভু রুক্মিণী-আবেশে সকল বৈষ্ণব-গণ প্রেমে কাঙ্দে হাসে ॥ ৯৮ ॥
एइ-मत बले प्रभु रुक्मिणी-आवेशे सकल वैष्णव-गण प्रेमे काङ्दे हासे ॥ ९८ ॥
ei-mata bale prabhu rukmiṇī-āveśe sakala vaiṣṇava-gaṇa preme kāṅde hāse || 98 ||
ei-mata bale prabhu rukmini-avese sakala vaisnava-gana preme kande hase (98)
English translation:
(98) In this way the Lord spoke in the mood of Rukmiṇī as all the Vaiṣṇavas cried and smiled in ecstatic love of God.