Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.117, 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 117 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.117
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.117:
এই মত রাত্রি তিন-প্রহর-অবধি ভাগবত শুনিযা নাচিলা গুণ-নিধি ॥ ১১৭ ॥
एइ मत रात्रि तिन-प्रहर-अवधि भागवत शुनिया नाचिला गुण-निधि ॥ ११७ ॥
ei mata rātri tina-prahara-avadhi bhāgavata śuniyā nācilā guṇa-nidhi || 117 ||
ei mata ratri tina-prahara-avadhi bhagavata suniya nacila guna-nidhi (117)
English translation:
(117) In this way the Lord, who is an ocean of transcendental qualities, danced for nine hours that night while hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.