Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.155, 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 155 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.155
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.155:
“বড বড বিভা দেখিযাছি”—লোকে বলে “এ-মত সমৃদ্ধি নাহি দেখি কোন-কালে” ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
“बड बड विभा देखियाछि”—लोके बले “ए-मत समृद्धि नाहि देखि कोन-काले” ॥ १५५ ॥
“baḍa baḍa vibhā dekhiyāchi”—loke bale “e-mata samṛddhi nāhi dekhi kona-kāle” || 155 ||
“bada bada vibha dekhiyachi”—loke bale “e-mata samrddhi nahi dekhi kona-kale” (155)
English translation:
(155) They remarked, “We’ve seen large marriages in the past, but we’ve never seen anything as opulent as this.”