Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.139, 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 139 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.139
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.139:
হেন দঢাইতে কেহ নারে কোন জন কোন্ প্রকৃতির ভাবে নাচে নারাযণ? ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
हेन दढाइते केह नारे कोन जन कोन् प्रकृतिर भावे नाचे नारायण? ॥ १३९ ॥
hena daḍhāite keha nāre kona jana kon prakṛtira bhāve nāce nārāyaṇa? || 139 ||
hena dadhaite keha nare kona jana kon prakrtira bhave nace narayana? (139)
English translation:
(139) No one was certain in which consort’s mood Lord Nārāyaṇa was dancing.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word daḍhāite means “to know with conviction.”