Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.212, 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 212 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.212
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.212:
ইচ্ছায করযে সৃষ্টি, ইচ্ছায মিলায অনন্ত ব্রহ্মাণ্ড সৃষ্টি করযে লীলায ॥ ২১২ ॥
इच्छाय करये सृष्टि, इच्छाय मिलाय अनन्त ब्रह्माण्ड सृष्टि करये लीलाय ॥ २१२ ॥
icchāya karaye sṛṣṭi, icchāya milāya ananta brahmāṇḍa sṛṣṭi karaye līlāya || 212 ||
icchaya karaye srsti, icchaya milaya ananta brahmanda srsti karaye lilaya (212)
English translation:
(212) Out of His own sweet will He creates and annihilates. He creates innumerable universes as one of His pastimes.