Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.119, 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 119 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.119
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.119:
চৌদিকে শুনিযে কৃষ্ণ-প্রেমের ক্রন্দন গোপিকার বেশে নাচে মাধব-নন্দন ॥ ১১৯ ॥
चौदिके शुनिये कृष्ण-प्रेमेर क्रन्दन गोपिकार वेशे नाचे माधव-नन्दन ॥ ११९ ॥
caudike śuniye kṛṣṇa-premera krandana gopikāra veśe nāce mādhava-nandana || 119 ||
caudike suniye krsna-premera krandana gopikara vese nace madhava-nandana (119)
English translation:
(119) The sound of crying in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa was heard everywhere as the son of Mādhava danced in the dress of a gopī.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase mādhava-nandana refers to Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita, the son of Mādhava Miśra.