Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.257, 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 257 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.257
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.257:
চন্দ্র-তারা-গণ বা বলিব, সেহো নয সকলঙ্ক,—তা’র কলা ক্ষয-বৃদ্ধি হয ॥ ২৫৭ ॥
चन्द्र-तारा-गण वा बलिब, सेहो नय सकलङ्क,—ता’र कला क्षय-वृद्धि हय ॥ २५७ ॥
candra-tārā-gaṇa vā baliba, seho naya sakalaṅka,—tā’ra kalā kṣaya-vṛddhi haya || 257 ||
candra-tara-gana va baliba, seho naya sakalanka,—ta’ra kala ksaya-vrddhi haya (257)
English translation:
(257) I cannot compare that scene with the moon surrounded by stars, because the moon has spots and it also waxes and wanes.