Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.11, 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 11 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.11
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.11:
কেহ বলে,—“আরে ভাই, জানিহ নিশ্চিত গ্রাম-খান নষ্ট কৈল নিমাই পণ্ডিত” ॥ ১১ ॥
केह बले,—“आरे भाइ, जानिह निश्चित ग्राम-खान नष्ट कैल निमाइ पण्डित” ॥ ११ ॥
keha bale,—“āre bhāi, jāniha niścita grāma-khāna naṣṭa kaila nimāi paṇḍita” || 11 ||
keha bale,—“are bhai, janiha niscita grama-khana nasta kaila nimai pandita” (11)
English translation:
(11) Someone said, “O brother, know for certain that Nimāi Paṇḍita will ruin the entire village.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“By introducing pure devotional service, Nimāi Paṇḍita has destroyed the happiness of the village. Therefore the entire Navadvīpa has been ruined.”