Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.164, 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 164 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.164
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.164:
নিরবধি শ্রী-আনন্দ-ধারাশ্রী-নযনে `হরে কৃষ্ণ’ নাম-মাত্র শুনি শ্রী-বদনে ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
निरवधि श्री-आनन्द-धाराश्री-नयने `हरे कृष्ण’ नाम-मात्र शुनि श्री-वदने ॥ १६४ ॥
niravadhi śrī-ānanda-dhārāśrī-nayane `hare kṛṣṇa’ nāma-mātra śuni śrī-vadane || 164 ||
niravadhi sri-ananda-dharasri-nayane `hare krsna’ nama-matra suni sri-vadane (164)
English translation:
(164) Tears of ecstatic love constantly flowed from His lotus eyes as He chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with His lotus mouth.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In his Śrī Caitanyāṣṭaka (5), Śrīpāda Rūpa Gosvāmī has stated:
hare kṛṣṇety uccaiḥ sphurita-rasano nāma-gaṇanā- kṛta-granthi-śreṇī-subhaga-kaṭi-sūtrojjvala-karaḥ
“Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in a loud voice. The holy name dances on His tongue as He counts the number of recitations with His effulgent hand.”