Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.221, 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 221 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.221
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.221:
কিবা যোগী নিত্যানন্দ, কিবা ভক্ত জ্ঞানী যার যেন মত ইচ্ছা না বোলযে কেনী ॥ ২২১ ॥
किबा योगी नित्यानन्द, किबा भक्त ज्ञानी यार येन मत इच्छा ना बोलये केनी ॥ २२१ ॥
kibā yogī nityānanda, kibā bhakta jñānī yāra yena mata icchā nā bolaye kenī || 221 ||
kiba yogi nityananda, kiba bhakta jnani yara yena mata iccha na bolaye keni (221)
English translation:
(221) Someone may consider Nityānanda a yogi, someone may consider Him a devotee, and someone may consider Him a jñānī. They may say whatever they like.