Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.555, 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 555 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.555
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.555:
কেহ বলে,—“মুঞি নিমু রজত নূপুর” সবে এই মন-কলা খাযেন প্রচুর ॥ ৫৫৫ ॥
केह बले,—“मुञि निमु रजत नूपुर” सबे एइ मन-कला खायेन प्रचुर ॥ ५५५ ॥
keha bale,—“muñi nimu rajata nūpura” sabe ei mana-kalā khāyena pracura || 555 ||
keha bale,—“muni nimu rajata nupura” sabe ei mana-kala khayena pracura (555)
English translation:
(555) Someone said, “I will take His silver anklebells.” In this way they all dreamt about the wealth they expected to get.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase mana-kalā means “an object of enjoyment desired in a dream.”