Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.156, 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 156 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.156
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.156:
প্রভু বলে,—“আমি তুলসীরে না দেখিলে ভাল নাহি বাসোঙ্ যেন মত্স্য বিনে জলে” ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“आमि तुलसीरे ना देखिले भाल नाहि वासोङ् येन मत्स्य विने जले” ॥ १५६ ॥
prabhu bale,—“āmi tulasīre nā dekhile bhāla nāhi vāsoṅ yena matsya vine jale” || 156 ||
prabhu bale,—“ami tulasire na dekhile bhala nahi vason yena matsya vine jale” (156)
English translation:
(156) The Lord then said, “If I don’t see tulasī, I cannot survive, just as a fish cannot survive out of water.”