Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.224, 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 224 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.224
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.224:
‘হরি বোল’ বলি’ ডাকে শ্রী-শচীনন্দন ঘন-ঘন পাষণ্ডীর হয জাগরণ ॥ ২২৪ ॥
‘हरि बोल’ बलि’ डाके श्री-शचीनन्दन घन-घन पाषण्डीर हय जागरण ॥ २२४ ॥
‘hari bola’ bali’ ḍāke śrī-śacīnandana ghana-ghana pāṣaṇḍīra haya jāgaraṇa || 224 ||
‘hari bola’ bali’ dake sri-sacinandana ghana-ghana pasandira haya jagarana (224)
English translation:
(224) As Śrī Śacīnandana loudly cried out, “Hari bol!” the sleep of the atheists was repeatedly broken.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The atheists who are averse to the service of Kṛṣṇa are always awake for enjoying sense gratification, and they are asleep for the service of Kṛṣṇa
—thus they forget Kṛṣṇa’s service. Yet because of Śacīnandana’s loud chanting of the names of Hari, their sleeping in ignorance was broken and their hearts, which were averse to the service of Hari, became aroused and startled.