Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.282, 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 282 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.282
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.282:
অতএব উচ্চ করি’ কীর্তন করিলে শত-গুণ ফল হয সর্ব-শাস্ত্রে বলে ॥ ২৮২ ॥
अतएव उच्च करि’ कीर्तन करिले शत-गुण फल हय सर्व-शास्त्रे बले ॥ २८२ ॥
ataeva ucca kari’ kīrtana karile śata-guṇa phala haya sarva-śāstre bale || 282 ||
ataeva ucca kari’ kirtana karile sata-guna phala haya sarva-sastre bale (282)
English translation:
(282) “Therefore the scriptures say that one gets a hundred times more benefit by chanting loudly.