Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.246, 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 246 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.246
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.246:
খণ্ডিল ভক্তের দুঃখ, পাষণ্ডির নাশ মহাপ্রভু বিশ্বম্ভর হৈলা প্রকাশ ॥ ২৪৬ ॥
खण्डिल भक्तेर दुःख, पाषण्डिर नाश महाप्रभु विश्वम्भर हैला प्रकाश ॥ २४६ ॥
khaṇḍila bhaktera duḥkha, pāṣaṇḍira nāśa mahāprabhu viśvambhara hailā prakāśa || 246 ||
khandila bhaktera duhkha, pasandira nasa mahaprabhu visvambhara haila prakasa (246)
English translation:
(246) The devotees’ distress was vanquished and the atheists were uprooted as the Supreme Lord Viśvambhara manifested Himself.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Now, the rising sunlike preaching of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa by Viśvambhara, who is the distributor of love of Kṛṣṇa throughout the entire world, eradicates the former mental agony of the devotees, who were ridiculed and harassed by the nondevotees, and begins the pastime of oppressing the atheists, who were opposed to devotional service.