Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.163, 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 163 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.163
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.163:
ক্ষণেকে ঠাকুর গোপীনাথে কোলে করি’ মহালক্ষ্মী-ভাবে উঠে খট্টার উপরি ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
क्षणेके ठाकुर गोपीनाथे कोले करि’ महालक्ष्मी-भावे उठे खट्टार उपरि ॥ १६३ ॥
kṣaṇeke ṭhākura gopīnāthe kole kari’ mahālakṣmī-bhāve uṭhe khaṭṭāra upari || 163 ||
ksaneke thakura gopinathe kole kari’ mahalaksmi-bhave uthe khattara upari (163)
English translation:
(163) Then the Lord took the Deity of Gopīnātha on His lap and sat on the throne in the mood of Mahā-Lakṣmī.