Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.6.53, 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 53 of Antya-khanda chapter 6—“The Glories of Shri Nityananda Prabhu”.
Verse 3.6.53
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.6.53:
নিজ-ইষ্ট-দেব দেখি’ বলি মহারাজ মগ্ন হৈলেন প্রেমানন্দ-সিন্ধু-মাঝ ॥ ৫৩ ॥
निज-इष्ट-देव देखि’ बलि महाराज मग्न हैलेन प्रेमानन्द-सिन्धु-माझ ॥ ५३ ॥
nija-iṣṭa-deva dekhi’ bali mahārāja magna hailena premānanda-sindhu-mājha || 53 ||
nija-ista-deva dekhi’ bali maharaja magna hailena premananda-sindhu-majha (53)
English translation:
(53) “When Bali Mahārāja saw his worshipable Lords, he was merged in an ocean of ecstatic love.