Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.256, 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 256 of Madhya-khanda chapter 2—“The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Shrivasa and the Inauguration of Sankirtana”.
Verse 2.256
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.256:
এই-মত ধাঞা গেলাশ্রীবাসের ঘরে “কি করিস্ শ্রীবাসিযা?” বলযে হুঙ্কারে ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
एइ-मत धाञा गेलाश्रीवासेर घरे “कि करिस् श्रीवासिया?” बलये हुङ्कारे ॥ २५६ ॥
ei-mata dhāñā gelāśrīvāsera ghare “ki karis śrīvāsiyā?” balaye huṅkāre || 256 ||
ei-mata dhana gelasrivasera ghare “ki karis srivasiya?” balaye hunkare (256)
English translation:
(256) In that mood, the Lord rushed to Śrīvāsa’s house, where He loudly exclaimed, “O Śrīvāsa, what are you doing?”