Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.283, 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 283 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.283
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.283:
কি অপূর্ব বর্ণ সে বা কি অপূর্ব গন্ধ সে পুষ্প দেখিলে ক্ষয যায সর্ব-বন্ধ ॥ ২৮৩ ॥
कि अपूर्व वर्ण से वा कि अपूर्व गन्ध से पुष्प देखिले क्षय याय सर्व-बन्ध ॥ २८३ ॥
ki apūrva varṇa se vā ki apūrva gandha se puṣpa dekhile kṣaya yāya sarva-bandha || 283 ||
ki apurva varna se va ki apurva gandha se puspa dekhile ksaya yaya sarva-bandha (283)
English translation:
(283) How wonderful was the color and fragrance of those flowers! All one’s material bondage was destroyed by seeing those flowers.