Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.119, 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 119 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.119
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.119:
সবে মিলি’ এক-ঠাই করিব কীর্তন যে-তে কেনে না বলে পাষণ্ডী পাপী-গণ ॥ ১১৯ ॥
सबे मिलि’ एक-ठाइ करिब कीर्तन ये-ते केने ना बले पाषण्डी पापी-गण ॥ ११९ ॥
sabe mili’ eka-ṭhāi kariba kīrtana ye-te kene nā bale pāṣaṇḍī pāpī-gaṇa || 119 ||
sabe mili’ eka-thai kariba kirtana ye-te kene na bale pasandi papi-gana (119)
English translation:
(119) “We will gather together and chant the names of Kṛṣṇa. Let the sinful atheists say whatever they want.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The purport of the second line of this verse is found in the following verse [from Padyāvalī 73]:
parivadatu jano yathā tathā vā nanu mukharo na vayaṃ vicārayāmaḥ
hari-rasa-madirā-madāti-mattā bhuvi viluṭhāmo naṭāmo nirviśāmaḥ
“Let the garrulous populace say whatever they like; we shall pay them no regard. Thoroughly maddened by the ecstasy of the intoxicating beverage of love for Kṛṣṇa, we shall enjoy life running about, rolling on the ground, and dancing in ecstasy.”