Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.152, 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 152 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.152
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.152:
কীর্তন করিযা ‘আদি’, অবধি ‘সন্ন্যাস’ এই হৈতে কহি ‘মধ্য-খণ্ডে’র বিলাস ॥ ১৫২ ॥
कीर्तन करिया ‘आदि’, अवधि ‘सन्न्यास’ एइ हैते कहि ‘मध्य-खण्डे’र विलास ॥ १५२ ॥
kīrtana kariyā ‘ādi’, avadhi ‘sannyāsa’ ei haite kahi ‘madhya-khaṇḍe’ra vilāsa || 152 ||
kirtana kariya ‘adi’, avadhi ‘sannyasa’ ei haite kahi ‘madhya-khande’ra vilasa (152)
English translation:
(152) The pastimes of the Madhya-khaṇḍa begin with the Lord’s kīrtana and end with His acceptance of sannyāsa.