Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.236, 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 236 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.236
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.236:
প্রথমেই বৈষ্ণবাগ্রগণ্য রামদাস তান দেহে হৈলেন গোপাল-প্রকাশ ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
प्रथमेइ वैष्णवाग्रगण्य रामदास तान देहे हैलेन गोपाल-प्रकाश ॥ २३६ ॥
prathamei vaiṣṇavāgragaṇya rāmadāsa tāna dehe hailena gopāla-prakāśa || 236 ||
prathamei vaisnavagraganya ramadasa tana dehe hailena gopala-prakasa (236)
English translation:
(236) The topmost Vaiṣṇava Rāmadāsa was the first to manifest the mood of a cowherd boy.