Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.151, 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 151 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.151
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.151:
অর্ধ-পথ ভক্ত-গণ গেল মাত্র ধাঞা শ্রীধরের ডাক শুনে তথাই থাকিযা ॥ ১৫১ ॥
अर्ध-पथ भक्त-गण गेल मात्र धाञा श्रीधरेर डाक शुने तथाइ थाकिया ॥ १५१ ॥
ardha-patha bhakta-gaṇa gela mātra dhāñā śrīdharera ḍāka śune tathāi thākiyā || 151 ||
ardha-patha bhakta-gana gela matra dhana sridharera daka sune tathai thakiya (151)
English translation:
(151) As soon as the devotees got halfway there, they heard the loud cries of Śrīdhara.