Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.350, 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 350 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.350-351
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.350-351:
রজতের প্রায লৌহ-দণ্ড সুশোভন দুই-দিকে করি তথি সুবর্ণ-বন্ধন নিরবধি সেই লৌহ-দণ্ড শোভে করে মুষল ধরিলা যেন প্রভু হলধরে ॥ ৩৫০-৩৫১ ॥
रजतेर प्राय लौह-दण्ड सुशोभन दुइ-दिके करि तथि सुवर्ण-बन्धन निरवधि सेइ लौह-दण्ड शोभे करे मुषल धरिला येन प्रभु हलधरे ॥ ३५०-३५१ ॥
rajatera prāya lauha-daṇḍa suśobhana dui-dike kari tathi suvarṇa-bandhana niravadhi sei lauha-daṇḍa śobhe kare muṣala dharilā yena prabhu haladhare || 350-351 ||
rajatera praya lauha-danda susobhana dui-dike kari tathi suvarna-bandhana niravadhi sei lauha-danda sobhe kare musala dharila yena prabhu haladhare (350-351)
English translation:
(350-351) Just as Lord Haladhara held a club, Nityānanda always held in His hand a beautiful iron rod that looked as if it were silver and that was bound on two sides with gold.