Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.229, 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 229 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.229
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.229:
প্রভুর আজ্ঞায দৃঢ লাগিযাছে দ্বার প্রবেশিতে নারে লোক সব নদীযার ॥ ২২৯ ॥
प्रभुर आज्ञाय दृढ लागियाछे द्वार प्रवेशिते नारे लोक सब नदीयार ॥ २२९ ॥
prabhura ājñāya dṛḍha lāgiyāche dvāra praveśite nāre loka saba nadīyāra || 229 ||
prabhura ajnaya drdha lagiyache dvara pravesite nare loka saba nadiyara (229)
English translation:
(229) The door was firmly locked by the order of the Lord. The ordinary people of Nadia were not able to enter.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Another reading of loka saba nadīyāra (“all the people of Nadia”) is anya loka nadīyāra, which means “other persons of Nadia.”