Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.6, 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 6 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.6
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.6:
প্রতি-দিন নিশাভাগে করযে কীর্তন ভক্ত-বিনু থাকিতে না পায অন্য জন ॥ ৬ ॥
प्रति-दिन निशाभागे करये कीर्तन भक्त-विनु थाकिते ना पाय अन्य जन ॥ ६ ॥
prati-dina niśābhāge karaye kīrtana bhakta-vinu thākite nā pāya anya jana || 6 ||
prati-dina nisabhage karaye kirtana bhakta-vinu thakite na paya anya jana (6)
English translation:
(6) The Lord performed kīrtana every night. No one except the devotees could participate.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
While the Lord taught at night the process of worship through kīrtana, outsiders were not allowed.