Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.228, 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 228 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.228
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.228:
ভক্ত-গণ দেখি’ প্রভু পরম-হরিষে নৃত্য আরাম্ভিলা প্রভু নিজ-প্রেম-রসে ॥ ২২৮ ॥
भक्त-गण देखि’ प्रभु परम-हरिषे नृत्य आराम्भिला प्रभु निज-प्रेम-रसे ॥ २२८ ॥
bhakta-gaṇa dekhi’ prabhu parama-hariṣe nṛtya ārāmbhilā prabhu nija-prema-rase || 228 ||
bhakta-gana dekhi’ prabhu parama-harise nrtya arambhila prabhu nija-prema-rase (228)
English translation:
(228) After meeting the devotees, the Lord became jubilant. He then began to dance in the mellows of His own ecstatic love.