Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.420, 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 420 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.420
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.420:
বাহ্য হৈলে ও বাহ্য-কথা নাহি কয সর্ব-বৈষ্ণবের গলা ধরিযা কান্দয ॥ ৪২০ ॥
बाह्य हैले ओ बाह्य-कथा नाहि कय सर्व-वैष्णवेर गला धरिया कान्दय ॥ ४२० ॥
bāhya haile o bāhya-kathā nāhi kaya sarva-vaiṣṇavera galā dhariyā kāndaya || 420 ||
bahya haile o bahya-katha nahi kaya sarva-vaisnavera gala dhariya kandaya (420)
English translation:
(420) Although the Lord regained His external consciousness, He did not talk of external subjects. Rather, He cried while holding the necks of all the Vaiṣṇavas.