Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.104, 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 104 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.104
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.104:
কৃষ্ণ-কথা শুনিবেক হেন নাহি জন আপনা-আপনি সবে করেন কীর্তন ॥ ১০৪ ॥
कृष्ण-कथा शुनिबेक हेन नाहि जन आपना-आपनि सबे करेन कीर्तन ॥ १०४ ॥
kṛṣṇa-kathā śunibeka hena nāhi jana āpanā-āpani sabe karena kīrtana || 104 ||
krsna-katha sunibeka hena nahi jana apana-apani sabe karena kirtana (104)
English translation:
(104) Because they could not find anyone interested in hearing topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa, they would engage in kīrtana by themselves.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since the devotees of Gaura did not find anyone interested in hearing the topics of Lord Hari, they happily engaged in congregational chanting of the names of Hari by themselves.