Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.48, 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 48 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.48
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.48:
মদ্যপের চেষ্টা দেখি’ বিশ্বম্ভর হাসে আনন্দে শ্রীবাস কান্দে দেখি’ পরকাশে ॥ ৪৮ ॥
मद्यपेर चेष्टा देखि’ विश्वम्भर हासे आनन्दे श्रीवास कान्दे देखि’ परकाशे ॥ ४८ ॥
madyapera ceṣṭā dekhi’ viśvambhara hāse ānande śrīvāsa kānde dekhi’ parakāśe || 48 ||
madyapera cesta dekhi’ visvambhara hase anande srivasa kande dekhi’ parakase (48)
English translation:
(48) While seeing the activities of the drunkards, Viśvambhara laughed and Śrīvāsa cried in ecstasy.