Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.121, 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 121 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.121-122
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.121-122:
চারি প্রহর নিশানিদ্রা যাইতে না পাই `বোল বোল’ হুঙ্কার, শুনিযে সদাই বল্গিযা মরযে যত পাষণ্ডীর গণ আনন্দে কীর্তন করে শ্রী-শচীনন্দন ॥ ১২১-১২২ ॥
चारि प्रहर निशानिद्रा याइते ना पाइ `बोल बोल’ हुङ्कार, शुनिये सदाइ बल्गिया मरये यत पाषण्डीर गण आनन्दे कीर्तन करे श्री-शचीनन्दन ॥ १२१-१२२ ॥
cāri prahara niśānidrā yāite nā pāi `bola bola’ huṅkāra, śuniye sadāi balgiyā maraye yata pāṣaṇḍīra gaṇa ānande kīrtana kare śrī-śacīnandana || 121-122 ||
cari prahara nisanidra yaite na pai `bola bola’ hunkara, suniye sadai balgiya maraye yata pasandira gana anande kirtana kare sri-sacinandana (121-122)
English translation:
(121-122) “Twelve hours have passed and we could not sleep. All we hear is the loud sound of `Bol! Bol!’” In this way the atheists spoke in anger, as Śrī Śacīnandana blissfully engaged in kīrtana.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The duration of night is four praharas, or twelve hours. The devotees constantly placed obstacles in the living entities’ absorption in the mode of ignorance by chanting the names of Hari throughout the night. Since their sleep was disturbed, they became annoyed. But Śrī Śacīnandana remained intoxicated in the blissful kīrtana.