Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.3.56, 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 56 of Madhya-khanda chapter 3—“The Lord Manifests His Varaha Form in the House of Murari and Meets with Nityananda”.
Verse 2.3.56
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.56:
পাষণ্ডীরে আর কেহ ভয নাহি করে হাটে ঘাটে সবে ‘কৃষ্ণ’ গায উচ্চ-স্বরে ॥ ৫৬ ॥
पाषण्डीरे आर केह भय नाहि करे हाटे घाटे सबे ‘कृष्ण’ गाय उच्च-स्वरे ॥ ५६ ॥
pāṣaṇḍīre āra keha bhaya nāhi kare hāṭe ghāṭe sabe ‘kṛṣṇa’ gāya ucca-svare || 56 ||
pasandire ara keha bhaya nahi kare hate ghate sabe ‘krsna’ gaya ucca-svare (56)
English translation:
(56) Then they no longer feared the atheists, and they freely and loudly chanted the names of Kṛṣṇa at all public places.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When Gaurahari manifested His real identity to the devotees, they all abandoned their various material inconveniences and merged in spiritual bliss. Therefore these devotees constantly and loudly chanted the names of Kṛṣṇa everywhere without fear of the royal punishment threatened by the atheists.