Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.60, 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 60 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.60
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.60:
“কত-দিনে এ-সব দুঃখের হবে নাশ জগতেরে, কৃষ্ণচন্দ্র, করহ প্রকাশ” ॥ ৬০ ॥
“कत-दिने ए-सब दुःखेर हबे नाश जगतेरे, कृष्णचन्द्र, करह प्रकाश” ॥ ६० ॥
“kata-dine e-saba duḥkhera habe nāśa jagatere, kṛṣṇacandra, karaha prakāśa” || 60 ||
“kata-dine e-saba duhkhera habe nasa jagatere, krsnacandra, karaha prakasa” (60)
English translation:
(60) “How long will this miserable condition last? O Kṛṣṇacandra, please manifest Yourself to these people.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The devotees waited with the expectation that they would soon see the appearance of the Absolute Truth, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, within this material world. By the appearance of Kṛṣṇa, all the darkness of ignorance in the material world would be destroyed—this thought gave them solace.