Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.17.71, 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 71 of Adi-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Travel to Gaya”.
Verse 1.17.71
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.71:
চতুর্-দিকে প্রভুরে বেডিযা বিপ্র-গণ শ্রাদ্ধ করাযেন সবে পডান বচন ॥ ৭১ ॥
चतुर्-दिके प्रभुरे वेडिया विप्र-गण श्राद्ध करायेन सबे पडान वचन ॥ ७१ ॥
catur-dike prabhure veḍiyā vipra-gaṇa śrāddha karāyena sabe paḍāna vacana || 71 ||
catur-dike prabhure vediya vipra-gana sraddha karayena sabe padana vacana (71)
English translation:
(71) All the brāhmaṇas there sat around the Lord and directed Him in the procedures of the śrāddha ceremony.