Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.123, 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 123 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.123
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.123:
দুই প্রভু ভাসি’ যায গঙ্গার উপরে অনন্ত মুকুন্দ যেন ক্ষীরোদ-সাগরে ॥ ১২৩ ॥
दुइ प्रभु भासि’ याय गङ्गार उपरे अनन्त मुकुन्द येन क्षीरोद-सागरे ॥ १२३ ॥
dui prabhu bhāsi’ yāya gaṅgāra upare ananta mukunda yena kṣīroda-sāgare || 123 ||
dui prabhu bhasi’ yaya gangara upare ananta mukunda yena ksiroda-sagare (123)
English translation:
(123) The two Lords floated in the waves of the Ganges like Mukunda and Ananta in the ocean of milk.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The comparison of Śrī Gaurasundara with Mukunda and Nityānanda with Ananta, who acts as the bed of Lord Viṣṇu in the ocean of milk, is illustrated in the example of Gaura-Nityānanda’s floating in the waters of the Ganges.