Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.76, 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 76 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.76
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.76:
মধ্য-খণ্ড কথা যেন অমৃতের ভাণ্ড যে কথাশুনিলে ঘুচে অন্তর পাষণ্ড ॥ ৭৬ ॥
मध्य-खण्ड कथा येन अमृतेर भाण्ड ये कथाशुनिले घुचे अन्तर पाषण्ड ॥ ७६ ॥
madhya-khaṇḍa kathā yena amṛtera bhāṇḍa ye kathāśunile ghuce antara pāṣaṇḍa || 76 ||
madhya-khanda katha yena amrtera bhanda ye kathasunile ghuce antara pasanda (76)
English translation:
(76) The topics of the Madhya-khaṇḍa are like pots of nectar. By hearing these topics, the atheism within one’s heart is vanquished.