Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.224, 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 224 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.224
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.224:
মধ্য-খণ্ড-কথা যেন অমৃত-শ্রবণ যহিঙ্ লক্ষ্মী-বেশে নৃত্য কৈলা নারাযণ ॥ ২২৪ ॥
मध्य-खण्ड-कथा येन अमृत-श्रवण यहिङ् लक्ष्मी-वेशे नृत्य कैला नारायण ॥ २२४ ॥
madhya-khaṇḍa-kathā yena amṛta-śravaṇa yahiṅ lakṣmī-veśe nṛtya kailā nārāyaṇa || 224 ||
madhya-khanda-katha yena amrta-sravana yahin laksmi-vese nrtya kaila narayana (224)
English translation:
(224) The topics of the Madhya-khaṇḍa, wherein Lord Nārāyaṇa’s dance in the form of Lakṣmī are narrated, are just like a shower of nectar.