Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.246, 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 246 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.246
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.246:
যে না ছিল রাজ্য-দেশে, আনিযা কীর্তন দুর্ভিক্ষ হৈল—সব গেল চিরন্তন ॥ ২৪৬ ॥
ये ना छिल राज्य-देशे, आनिया कीर्तन दुर्भिक्ष हैल—सब गेल चिरन्तन ॥ २४६ ॥
ye nā chila rājya-deśe, āniyā kīrtana durbhikṣa haila—saba gela cirantana || 246 ||
ye na chila rajya-dese, aniya kirtana durbhiksa haila—saba gela cirantana (246)
English translation:
(246) “There was never any kīrtana in this state before, but these people have ruined everything here by introducing kīrtana and causing famine.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“They have introduced hari-kīrtana, which was never heard before in this province, and placed obstacles in the happiness and prosperity of materialistic people. As a result, famine has broken out and the happiness of ordinary people has been destroyed forever.”
The word cirantana refers to that which has been going on unchanged since time immemorial, that which is traditional, or that which is ever- existing.