Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.163, 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 163 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.163:

শতেক-জনে ও কম্প ধরিবারে নারে নযনে বহযে শত-শত-নদী-ধারে ॥ ১৬৩ ॥

शतेक-जने ओ कम्प धरिबारे नारे नयने वहये शत-शत-नदी-धारे ॥ १६३ ॥

śateka-jane o kampa dharibāre nāre nayane vahaye śata-śata-nadī-dhāre || 163 ||

sateka-jane o kampa dharibare nare nayane vahaye sata-sata-nadi-dhare (163)

English translation:

(163) When His body began to shiver, even one hundred people were not

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

able to hold Him steady; and when tears flowed from His eyes, it appeared as if hundreds of rivers were flowing.

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