Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.24.21, 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 21 of Madhya-khanda chapter 24—“The Lord Displays His Universal Form to Advaita”.
Verse 2.24.21
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.21:
`মথুরা’ `মথুরা’ কোন-দিন বলে সুখে কোন-দিন পৃথিবীতে নখে অঙ্ক লেখে ॥ ২১ ॥
`मथुरा’ `मथुरा’ कोन-दिन बले सुखे कोन-दिन पृथिवीते नखे अङ्क लेखे ॥ २१ ॥
`mathurā’ `mathurā’ kona-dina bale sukhe kona-dina pṛthivīte nakhe aṅka lekhe || 21 ||
`mathura’ `mathura’ kona-dina bale sukhe kona-dina prthivite nakhe anka lekhe (21)
English translation:
(21) Some days He would happily chant, “Mathurā! Mathurā!” On some days He would make drawings on the ground with His nails.