Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.23, 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 23 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.23
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.23:
কোথাও না শুনে কেহ কৃষ্ণের কীর্তন দগ্ধ দেখে সকল সংসার অনুক্ষণ ॥ ২৩ ॥
कोथाओ ना शुने केह कृष्णेर कीर्तन दग्ध देखे सकल संसार अनुक्षण ॥ २३ ॥
kothāo nā śune keha kṛṣṇera kīrtana dagdha dekhe sakala saṃsāra anukṣaṇa || 23 ||
kothao na sune keha krsnera kirtana dagdha dekhe sakala samsara anuksana (23)
English translation:
(23) The sound of the chanting of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s name could not be heard anywhere, as everyone in the world continually burned in the fire of material existence.