Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.14.137, 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 137 of Adi-khanda chapter 14—“The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.14.137
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.137:
কলি-যুগ-ধর্ম হয নাম-সঙ্কীর্তন চারি যুগে চারি ধর্ম জীবের কারণ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
कलि-युग-धर्म हय नाम-सङ्कीर्तन चारि युगे चारि धर्म जीवेर कारण ॥ १३७ ॥
kali-yuga-dharma haya nāma-saṅkīrtana cāri yuge cāri dharma jīvera kāraṇa || 137 ||
kali-yuga-dharma haya nama-sankirtana cari yuge cari dharma jivera karana (137)
English translation:
(137) “The yuga-dharma for the age of Kali is the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. The four religious principles for the four ages are all meant for the deliverance of the conditioned souls.