Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.329, 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 329 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.329
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.329:
কোথা যায সর্বাঙ্গের সৌন্দর্য চলিযাকারে ভস্ম করে, কারে এডেন পুঙ্তিযা ॥ ৩২৯ ॥
कोथा याय सर्वाङ्गेर सौन्दर्य चलियाकारे भस्म करे, कारे एडेन पुङ्तिया ॥ ३२९ ॥
kothā yāya sarvāṅgera saundarya caliyākāre bhasma kare, kāre eḍena puṅtiyā || 329 ||
kotha yaya sarvangera saundarya caliyakare bhasma kare, kare edena puntiya (329)
English translation:
(329) No one knows where the beauty of their bodily limbs goes as some bodies are burned and some are buried.