Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.8, 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 8 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.8
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.8:
মধ্য-খণ্ড-কথা যেন অমৃতের খণ্ড যে কথাশুনিলে ঘুচে অন্তর-পাষণ্ড ॥ ৮ ॥
मध्य-खण्ड-कथा येन अमृतेर खण्ड ये कथाशुनिले घुचे अन्तर-पाषण्ड ॥ ८ ॥
madhya-khaṇḍa-kathā yena amṛtera khaṇḍa ye kathāśunile ghuce antara-pāṣaṇḍa || 8 ||
madhya-khanda-katha yena amrtera khanda ye kathasunile ghuce antara-pasanda (8)
English translation:
(8) The topics of Madhya-khaṇḍa are just like drops of nectar. Atheism will be vanquished from the heart of anyone who hears these narrations.