Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.189, 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 189 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.189
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.189:
স্থির হৈযা ও প্রভু স্থির নাহি হয ‘কোথা কৃষ্ণ! কোথা কৃষ্ণ!’ বলিযা কান্দয ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
स्थिर हैया ओ प्रभु स्थिर नाहि हय ‘कोथा कृष्ण! कोथा कृष्ण!’ बलिया कान्दय ॥ १८९ ॥
sthira haiyā o prabhu sthira nāhi haya ‘kothā kṛṣṇa! kothā kṛṣṇa!’ baliyā kāndaya || 189 ||
sthira haiya o prabhu sthira nahi haya ‘kotha krsna! kotha krsna!’ baliya kandaya (189)
English translation:
(189) Although the Lord was pacified, He could not remain quiet. He continuously cried, saying, “Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is Kṛṣṇa?”