Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.119, 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 119 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.119
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.119:
শুনিযা পাষণ্ডী-সব মরযে বল্গিয নিশায এ-গুলা খায মদিরা আনিযা ॥ ১১৯ ॥
शुनिया पाषण्डी-सब मरये बल्गिय निशाय ए-गुला खाय मदिरा आनिया ॥ ११९ ॥
śuniyā pāṣaṇḍī-saba maraye balgiya niśāya e-gulā khāya madirā āniyā || 119 ||
suniya pasandi-saba maraye balgiya nisaya e-gula khaya madira aniya (119)
English translation:
(119) Hearing that sound, the atheists jumped about in anger and said, “These fellows drink wine at night.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Atheism is prominent in those who are averse to the devotional service of the Lord. Such people would say that the devotees are uselessly shouting at night due to drinking wine.
The word balgiya means “jumping with rage.”