Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.118, 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 118 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.118
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.118:
আনন্দে লাগিলা সবে করিতে কীর্তন কেহ গায, কেহ নাচে, করযে ক্রন্দন ॥ ১১৮ ॥
आनन्दे लागिला सबे करिते कीर्तन केह गाय, केह नाचे, करये क्रन्दन ॥ ११८ ॥
ānande lāgilā sabe karite kīrtana keha gāya, keha nāce, karaye krandana || 118 ||
anande lagila sabe karite kirtana keha gaya, keha nace, karaye krandana (118)
English translation:
(118) All the devotees began to perform kīrtana in ecstasy. Some of them sang, some danced, and some cried.