Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.48, 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 48 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.48
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.48:
প্রভু ও জানিযা ভক্ত-গোষ্ঠীর বিজয আগু বাডিবারে চিত্ত কৈলা ইচ্ছা-ময ॥ ৪৮ ॥
प्रभु ओ जानिया भक्त-गोष्ठीर विजय आगु बाडिबारे चित्त कैला इच्छा-मय ॥ ४८ ॥
prabhu o jāniyā bhakta-goṣṭhīra vijaya āgu bāḍibāre citta kailā icchā-maya || 48 ||
prabhu o janiya bhakta-gosthira vijaya agu badibare citta kaila iccha-maya (48)
English translation:
(48) The independent Lord understood that the devotees had arrived and desired to go and greet them.