Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.15.183, 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 183 of Adi-khanda chapter 15—“Marriage with Shri Vishnupriya”.
Verse 1.15.183
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.15.183:
সহস্র-সহস্র মহাতাপ-দীপ জ্বলে কর্ণে কিছু নাহি শুনি বাদ্য-কোলাহলে ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
सहस्र-सहस्र महाताप-दीप ज्वले कर्णे किछु नाहि शुनि वाद्य-कोलाहले ॥ १८३ ॥
sahasra-sahasra mahātāpa-dīpa jvale karṇe kichu nāhi śuni vādya-kolāhale || 183 ||
sahasra-sahasra mahatapa-dipa jvale karne kichu nahi suni vadya-kolahale (183)
English translation:
(183) Thousands of torches illuminated the arena, and nothing could be heard other than singing and the playing of musical instruments.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase mahātāpa-dīpa (derived from the Farsi word mahtāv) means “colorful fire,” “torch,” or “lantern.”