Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.188, 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 188 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.188
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.188:
মৃদঙ্গ-মন্দিরা বাজে শঙ্খ-করতাল সঙ্কীর্তন-সঙ্গে সব হৈল মিশাল ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
मृदङ्ग-मन्दिरा बाजे शङ्ख-करताल सङ्कीर्तन-सङ्गे सब हैल मिशाल ॥ १८८ ॥
mṛdaṅga-mandirā bāje śaṅkha-karatāla saṅkīrtana-saṅge saba haila miśāla || 188 ||
mrdanga-mandira baje sankha-karatala sankirtana-sange saba haila misala (188)
English translation:
(188) The sound of mṛdaṅgas, whompers, conches, and karatālas mixed with
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
their congregational chanting of the holy names.