Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.234, 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 234 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.234
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.234:
শ্রী-চৈতন্য-নিত্যানন্দ-চাঙ্দ পহুঙ্ জান বৃন্দাবন-দাস তছু পদ-যুগে গান ॥ ২৩৪ ॥
श्री-चैतन्य-नित्यानन्द-चाङ्द पहुङ् जान वृन्दावन-दास तछु पद-युगे गान ॥ २३४ ॥
śrī-caitanya-nityānanda-cāṅda pahuṅ jāna vṛndāvana-dāsa tachu pada-yuge gāna || 234 ||
sri-caitanya-nityananda-canda pahun jana vrndavana-dasa tachu pada-yuge gana (234)
English translation:
(234) Accepting Śrī Caitanya and Nityānanda Prabhu as my life and soul, I, Vṛndāvana dāsa, sing the glories of Their lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Thus ends the English translation of the Gauḍīya-bhāṣya commentary on Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa, Chapter Eighteen, entitled, “Mahāprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopī.”