Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.259, 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 259 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.259
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.259:
সকল পাষণ্ডীতা’রা এক-চাপ হঞা“এহো সেই গণ” হেন বুঝি যায ধাঞা ॥ ২৫৯ ॥
सकल पाषण्डीता’रा एक-चाप हञा“एहो सेइ गण” हेन बुझि याय धाञा ॥ २५९ ॥
sakala pāṣaṇḍītā’rā eka-cāpa hañā“eho sei gaṇa” hena bujhi yāya dhāñā || 259 ||
sakala pasandita’ra eka-capa hana“eho sei gana” hena bujhi yaya dhana (259)
English translation:
(259) The atheists gathered together and chased that person away, thinking, “He is one of them.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When the atheists heard that statement, they unitedly chased that person away, thinking, “He is also part of that group.”
The phrase eka-cāpa (eka—“combined” + cāpa—“assembled”) means “assembled together” or “united together.”