Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.216, 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 216 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.216
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.216:
অদ্ভুত গোপিকা-নৃত্য চারি-বেদ-ধন কৃষ্ণ-ভক্তি হয ইহা করিলে শ্রবণ ॥ ২১৬ ॥
अद्भुत गोपिका-नृत्य चारि-वेद-धन कृष्ण-भक्ति हय इहा करिले श्रवण ॥ २१६ ॥
adbhuta gopikā-nṛtya cāri-veda-dhana kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya ihā karile śravaṇa || 216 ||
adbhuta gopika-nrtya cari-veda-dhana krsna-bhakti haya iha karile sravana (216)
English translation:
(216) By hearing about the Lord’s wonderful dance as a gopī, which is the treasure of the four Vedas, one attains devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.