Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.32, 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 32 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.32
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.32:
আপন লোকের হৈল বসুমতী জ্ঞান চান্দ দেখি’ পৃথিবীরে হৈল স্বর্গ ভান ॥ ৩২ ॥
आपन लोकेर हैल वसुमती ज्ञान चान्द देखि’ पृथिवीरे हैल स्वर्ग भान ॥ ३२ ॥
āpana lokera haila vasumatī jñāna cānda dekhi’ pṛthivīre haila svarga bhāna || 32 ||
apana lokera haila vasumati jnana canda dekhi’ prthivire haila svarga bhana (32)
English translation:
(32) On seeing the presence of the moonlike Lords, they considered their planets to be the earth and earth to be heaven.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The demigods considered their respective abodes to be earth and the earth to be heaven. On seeing the two moonlike Lords, Gauracandra and Nityānanda-candra, their vision was bewildered as by the illusory representations of water seen in fire or land seen on water.