Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.26.79, 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 79 of Madhya-khanda chapter 26—“Descriptions of the Mercy Bestowed on Shuklambara and Vijay and the Lord’s Desire to Accept Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.26.79
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.26.79:
কখনো বা বিরাহ প্রকাশ হেন হয অকথ্য অদ্ভুত প্রেম-সিন্ধু যেন বয ॥ ৭৯ ॥
कखनो वा विराह प्रकाश हेन हय अकथ्य अद्भुत प्रेम-सिन्धु येन वय ॥ ७९ ॥
kakhano vā virāha prakāśa hena haya akathya adbhuta prema-sindhu yena vaya || 79 ||
kakhano va viraha prakasa hena haya akathya adbhuta prema-sindhu yena vaya (79)
English translation:
(79) Sometimes He would manifest feelings of separation in such a way that it appeared as if an indescribable, wonderful ocean of ecstatic love was flowing from Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Mahāprabhu displayed feelings of separation when He was absorbed in the sentiments of the gopīs of Vraja.