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”.

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.

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