Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.144, 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 144 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.144
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.144:
মধ্যে মধ্যে যেবা জন তার তত্ত্ব জানে তাহার বচনে মাত্র দ্রব্য-খানি কিনে ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
मध्ये मध्ये येबा जन तार तत्त्व जाने ताहार वचने मात्र द्रव्य-खानि किने ॥ १४४ ॥
madhye madhye yebā jana tāra tattva jāne tāhāra vacane mātra dravya-khāni kine || 144 ||
madhye madhye yeba jana tara tattva jane tahara vacane matra dravya-khani kine (144)
English translation:
(144) Sometimes those who knew his glories would buy his goods without bargaining.