Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.279, 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 279 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.279
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.279:
নিত্যানন্দ-চাঙ্দ, মাধব-নন্দন, শোভা করে দুই-পাশে যত প্রিয-গণ, করযে কীর্তন, সবা’ চাহি’ চাহি’ হাসে ॥ ২৭৯ ॥
नित्यानन्द-चाङ्द, माधव-नन्दन, शोभा करे दुइ-पाशे यत प्रिय-गण, करये कीर्तन, सबा’ चाहि’ चाहि’ हासे ॥ २७९ ॥
nityānanda-cāṅda, mādhava-nandana, śobhā kare dui-pāśe yata priya-gaṇa, karaye kīrtana, sabā’ cāhi’ cāhi’ hāse || 279 ||
nityananda-canda, madhava-nandana, sobha kare dui-pase yata priya-gana, karaye kirtana, saba’ cahi’ cahi’ hase (279)
English translation:
(279) Nityānanda Candra and the son of Mādhava were on either side of the Lord. As His dear associates performed kīrtana, the Lord looked at them and smiled.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase mādhava-nandana refers to Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita, the son of Mādhava Miśra.