Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.96, 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 96 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.96
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.96:
এক-দিন আসি’ এক শিবের গাযন ডম্বুর বাজায, গায শিবের কথন ॥ ৯৬ ॥
एक-दिन आसि’ एक शिवेर गायन डम्बुर बाजाय, गाय शिवेर कथन ॥ ९६ ॥
eka-dina āsi’ eka śivera gāyana ḍambura bājāya, gāya śivera kathana || 96 ||
eka-dina asi’ eka sivera gayana dambura bajaya, gaya sivera kathana (96)
English translation:
(96) One day a singer of Śiva’s glories arrived. He began to play his small drum and chant the glories of Lord Śiva.