Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.261, 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 261 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.261
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.261:
কেহ বলে,—“একাদশী-নিশি-জাগারণে করিবে গোবিন্দ-নাম করি’ উচ্চারণে ॥ ২৬১ ॥
केह बले,—“एकादशी-निशि-जागारणे करिबे गोविन्द-नाम करि’ उच्चारणे ॥ २६१ ॥
keha bale,—“ekādaśī-niśi-jāgāraṇe karibe govinda-nāma kari’ uccāraṇe || 261 ||
keha bale,—“ekadasi-nisi-jagarane karibe govinda-nama kari’ uccarane (261)
English translation:
(261) Someone else said, “On Ekādaśī, these devotees stay up all night and chant the name of Govinda.