Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.409, 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 409 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.409
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.409:
আপনে কীর্তন-নাথ করেন কীর্তন চৌদিকে বেডিযা গায সব-শিষ্য-গণ ॥ ৪০৯ ॥
आपने कीर्तन-नाथ करेन कीर्तन चौदिके बेडिया गाय सब-शिष्य-गण ॥ ४०९ ॥
āpane kīrtana-nātha karena kīrtana caudike beḍiyā gāya saba-śiṣya-gaṇa || 409 ||
apane kirtana-natha karena kirtana caudike bediya gaya saba-sisya-gana (409)
English translation:
(409) The Lord of kīrtana personally chanted His glories as His students surrounded Him and all chanted together.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase kīrtana-nātha means “the father of saṅkīrtana,” “the inaugurator of saṅkīrtana,” or “the personification of saṅkīrtana.”