Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.223, 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 223 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.223
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.223:
কেহ কেহ নাচযে হৈযা এক মেলি’ দশে-পাঞ্চে নাচে কাঙ্হা দিযা করতালি ॥ ২২৩ ॥
केह केह नाचये हैया एक मेलि’ दशे-पाञ्चे नाचे काङ्हा दिया करतालि ॥ २२३ ॥
keha keha nācaye haiyā eka meli’ daśe-pāñce nāce kāṅhā diyā karatāli || 223 ||
keha keha nacaye haiya eka meli’ dase-pance nace kanha diya karatali (223)
English translation:
(223) Some people danced alone, and some danced and clapped their hands in groups of five or ten.