Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.280, 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 280 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.280
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.280:
পশু-পক্ষী-কীট-আদি বলিতে না পারে শুনিলেই হরি-নাম তা’রা সব তরে’ ॥ ২৮০ ॥
पशु-पक्षी-कीट-आदि बलिते ना पारे शुनिलेइ हरि-नाम ता’रा सब तरे’ ॥ २८० ॥
paśu-pakṣī-kīṭa-ādi balite nā pāre śunilei hari-nāma tā’rā saba tare’ || 280 ||
pasu-paksi-kita-adi balite na pare sunilei hari-nama ta’ra saba tare’ (280)
English translation:
(280) “Although animals, birds, and insects cannot chant, when they hear the holy names they will all be delivered.