Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.18.58, 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 58 of Madhya-khanda chapter 18—“Mahaprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopi”.
Verse 2.18.58
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.58:
শূন্য দেখিলাম বৈকুণ্ঠের ঘর-দ্বার গৃহিণী-গৃহস্থ নাহি, নাহি পরিবার ॥ ৫৮ ॥
शून्य देखिलाम वैकुण्ठेर घर-द्वार गृहिणी-गृहस्थ नाहि, नाहि परिवार ॥ ५८ ॥
śūnya dekhilāma vaikuṇṭhera ghara-dvāra gṛhiṇī-gṛhastha nāhi, nāhi parivāra || 58 ||
sunya dekhilama vaikunthera ghara-dvara grhini-grhastha nahi, nahi parivara (58)
English translation:
(58) “I saw that the houses in Vaikuṇṭha were vacant. I could not find any men, women, or families there.