Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.284, 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 284 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.284
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.284:
প্রভুর আনন্দ, জানে নিত্যানন্দ, যখন যে-রূপ হয পডিবার বেলে, দুই বাহু মেলে, যেন অঙ্গে প্রভু রয ॥ ২৮৪ ॥
प्रभुर आनन्द, जाने नित्यानन्द, यखन ये-रूप हय पडिबार बेले, दुइ बाहु मेले, येन अङ्गे प्रभु रय ॥ २८४ ॥
prabhura ānanda, jāne nityānanda, yakhana ye-rūpa haya paḍibāra bele, dui bāhu mele, yena aṅge prabhu raya || 284 ||
prabhura ananda, jane nityananda, yakhana ye-rupa haya padibara bele, dui bahu mele, yena ange prabhu raya (284)
English translation:
(284) Nityānanda always knew what form the Lord’s ecstasy was taking. When the Lord was about to fall, Nityānanda stretched His arms out to support Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bele means “at the time of” or “during.”