Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.2.197, 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 197 of Adi-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Appearance”.
Verse 1.2.197
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.197:
সঙ্কীর্তন-সহিত প্রভুর অবতার গ্রহণের ছলে তাহা করেন প্রচার ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
सङ्कीर्तन-सहित प्रभुर अवतार ग्रहणेर छले ताहा करेन प्रचार ॥ १९७ ॥
saṅkīrtana-sahita prabhura avatāra grahaṇera chale tāhā karena pracāra || 197 ||
sankirtana-sahita prabhura avatara grahanera chale taha karena pracara (197)
English translation:
(197) Thus the Lord simultaneously appeared along with the congregational chanting of the holy names, which He inaugurated on the pretext of a lunar eclipse.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The tradition of chanting the names of Hari for fruitive results during solar and lunar eclipses has been current since time immemorial.
Although such chanting of the holy names yields insignificant fruits, Śrī Caitanyadeva coincidentally appeared while everyone was thus engaged.