Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.344, 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 344 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.344
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.344:
দাস্য-ভাবে কহে প্রভু আপন-মহিম্ আহৈল প্রহর দুই, তবু নাহি সীমা ॥ ৩৪৪ ॥
दास्य-भावे कहे प्रभु आपन-महिम् आहैल प्रहर दुइ, तबु नाहि सीमा ॥ ३४४ ॥
dāsya-bhāve kahe prabhu āpana-mahim āhaila prahara dui, tabu nāhi sīmā || 344 ||
dasya-bhave kahe prabhu apana-mahim ahaila prahara dui, tabu nahi sima (344)
English translation:
(344) In the mood of a servant, the Lord continually narrated His own glories until half of the day had passed.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word sīmā means “the end,” “completion,” “retirement,” “finished.”