Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.268, 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 268 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.268
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.268:
দর্দুরী উঠিযা আছে শ্রীবাসের বাডী দুর্গোত্সবে যেন সাডি দেই হুডাহুডি ॥ ২৬৮ ॥
दर्दुरी उठिया आछे श्रीवासेर बाडी दुर्गोत्सवे येन साडि देइ हुडाहुडि ॥ २६८ ॥
dardurī uṭhiyā āche śrīvāsera bāḍī durgotsave yena sāḍi dei huḍāhuḍi || 268 ||
darduri uthiya ache srivasera badi durgotsave yena sadi dei hudahudi (268)
English translation:
(268) “It sounds like the tumultuous croaking of frogs or the wild celebration of a Durgā-pūjā festival in the house of Śrīvāsa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“It seems like frogs are croaking at the house of Śrīvāsa. They are excited and noisy, just as when people push and bump each other during a Durgā- pūjā festival.”