Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.22.17, 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 17 of Madhya-khanda chapter 22—“Delivering Shacidevi from Offense and Descriptions of Nityananda’s Qualities”.
Verse 2.22.17
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.22.17:
প্রেম-ভক্তি বিলাইতে আমার প্রকাশ মাগ মাগ আরে নাডা, মাগ শ্রীনিবাস” ॥ ১৭ ॥
प्रेम-भक्ति विलाइते आमार प्रकाश माग माग आरे नाडा, माग श्रीनिवास” ॥ १७ ॥
prema-bhakti vilāite āmāra prakāśa māga māga āre nāḍā, māga śrīnivāsa” || 17 ||
prema-bhakti vilaite amara prakasa maga maga are nada, maga srinivasa” (17)
English translation:
(17) “I descended to distribute ecstatic love of God. O Nāḍā! O Śrīnivāsa! Ask for some benediction!”