Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.219, 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 219 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.219
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.219:
প্রভু হৈলেন গোপী, নিত্যানন্দ বডাই কে বুঝিবে ইহা, যা’র অনুভব নাই ॥ ২১৯ ॥
प्रभु हैलेन गोपी, नित्यानन्द बडाइ के बुझिबे इहा, या’र अनुभव नाइ ॥ २१९ ॥
prabhu hailena gopī, nityānanda baḍāi ke bujhibe ihā, yā’ra anubhava nāi || 219 ||
prabhu hailena gopi, nityananda badai ke bujhibe iha, ya’ra anubhava nai (219)
English translation:
(219) The Lord became a gopī, and Nityānanda became an elderly lady. Who can understand this other than one who has realization of it?