Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.231, 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 231 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.231
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.231:
সহস্র সহস্র লোক কলরব করে “কীর্তন দেখিব,—ঝাট ঘুচাহ দুযারে” ॥ ২৩১ ॥
सहस्र सहस्र लोक कलरव करे “कीर्तन देखिब,—झाट घुचाह दुयारे” ॥ २३१ ॥
sahasra sahasra loka kalarava kare “kīrtana dekhiba,—jhāṭa ghucāha duyāre” || 231 ||
sahasra sahasra loka kalarava kare “kirtana dekhiba,—jhata ghucaha duyare” (231)
English translation:
(231) Thousands of people loudly clamored, “Open the door quickly, we want to see the kīrtana.”