Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.198, 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 198 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.198-199
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.198-199:
যে কালে যাদব-সঙ্গে সেই দ্বারকায জল-কেলি করিলেন এই দ্বিজ-রায জগতে বিদিত হয লবণ-সাগর ইচ্ছামাত্র হৈল অমৃত-জলধর ॥ ১৯৮-১৯৯ ॥
ये काले यादव-सङ्गे सेइ द्वारकाय जल-केलि करिलेन एइ द्विज-राय जगते विदित हय लवण-सागर इच्छामात्र हैल अमृत-जलधर ॥ १९८-१९९ ॥
ye kāle yādava-saṅge sei dvārakāya jala-keli karilena ei dvija-rāya jagate vidita haya lavaṇa-sāgara icchāmātra haila amṛta-jaladhara || 198-199 ||
ye kale yadava-sange sei dvarakaya jala-keli karilena ei dvija-raya jagate vidita haya lavana-sagara icchamatra haila amrta-jaladhara (198-199)
English translation:
(198-199) At that time, when the Lord of the brāhmaṇas enjoyed water sports with the Yadavas in that abode of Dvārakā, by His sweet will the
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
celebrated salty ocean transformed into an ocean of nectar.