Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.378, 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 378 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.378
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.378:
দান-খণ্ড গাযেন মাধবানন্দ ঘোষ শুনি’ অবধূত-সিংহ পরম সন্তোষ ॥ ৩৭৮ ॥
दान-खण्ड गायेन माधवानन्द घोष शुनि’ अवधूत-सिंह परम सन्तोष ॥ ३७८ ॥
dāna-khaṇḍa gāyena mādhavānanda ghoṣa śuni’ avadhūta-siṃha parama santoṣa || 378 ||
dana-khanda gayena madhavananda ghosa suni’ avadhuta-simha parama santosa (378)
English translation:
(378) Then Mādhavānanda Ghoṣa sang about the dāna-līlā, and the lionlike Avadhūta became greatly satisfied.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase dāna-khaṇḍa-gāna refers to a song describing Kṛṣṇa’s dāna- līlā, or pastime of charging tax, which is elaborately described in [Rūpa Gosvāmīs] Dāna-keli-kaumudī.