Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.247, 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 247 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.247
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.247:
দেবে হরিলেক বৃষ্টি, জানিহ নিশ্চয ধান্য মরি’ গেল কডি উত্পন্ন না হয ॥ ২৪৭ ॥
देवे हरिलेक वृष्टि, जानिह निश्चय धान्य मरि’ गेल कडि उत्पन्न ना हय ॥ २४७ ॥
deve harileka vṛṣṭi, jāniha niścaya dhānya mari’ gela kaḍi utpanna nā haya || 247 ||
deve harileka vrsti, janiha niscaya dhanya mari’ gela kadi utpanna na haya (247)
English translation:
(247) “Know for certain that because of them, the demigods are not showering rain, the paddy fields have dried up, and no one can make any money.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Because of their mischief, the demigods are not supplying sufficient rain to produce food grains, and as a result, the paddy fields have dried up.
Therefore destitution and poverty have overcome the entire country.”