Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.256, 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 256 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.256
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.256:
নৃত্য করিবারে ইচ্ছা হৈল অন্তরে গাযক সকল আসি’ মিলিলা সত্বরে ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
नृत्य करिबारे इच्छा हैल अन्तरे गायक सकल आसि’ मिलिला सत्वरे ॥ २५६ ॥
nṛtya karibāre icchā haila antare gāyaka sakala āsi’ mililā satvare || 256 ||
nrtya karibare iccha haila antare gayaka sakala asi’ milila satvare (256)
English translation:
(256) When He felt the desire to dance, all the singers quickly gathered around Him.