Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.217, 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 217 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.217
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.217:
হৈলা বডাই বুডী প্রভু নিত্যানন্দ সে লীলায হেন লক্ষ্মী কাচে গৌরচন্দ্র ॥ ২১৭ ॥
हैला बडाइ बुडी प्रभु नित्यानन्द से लीलाय हेन लक्ष्मी काचे गौरचन्द्र ॥ २१७ ॥
hailā baḍāi buḍī prabhu nityānanda se līlāya hena lakṣmī kāce gauracandra || 217 ||
haila badai budi prabhu nityananda se lilaya hena laksmi kace gauracandra (217)
English translation:
(217) In that pastime Nityānanda Prabhu played the role of an elderly lady, while Gauracandra took the form of goddess Lakṣmī.