Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.24, 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 24 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.24
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.24:
যেই-মাত্র মুকুন্দ গাযেন কৃষ্ণ-গীত হেন নাহি জানি, কেবা পডে কোন্ ভিত? ॥ ২৪ ॥
येइ-मात्र मुकुन्द गायेन कृष्ण-गीत हेन नाहि जानि, केबा पडे कोन् भित? ॥ २४ ॥
yei-mātra mukunda gāyena kṛṣṇa-gīta hena nāhi jāni, kebā paḍe kon bhita? || 24 ||
yei-matra mukunda gayena krsna-gita hena nahi jani, keba pade kon bhita? (24)
English translation:
(24) As soon as Mukunda would begin singing about Kṛṣṇa, everyone there fell to the ground in ecstatic love.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
After hearing Mukunda sing about Kṛṣṇa, all the listeners became overwhelmed with love of God and fell on the ground here and there.