Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.13, 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 13 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.13
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.13:
সঙ্কীর্তন করে প্রভু শচীর নন্দন জগতের চিত্ত-বৃত্তি করযে শোধন ॥ ১৩ ॥
सङ्कीर्तन करे प्रभु शचीर नन्दन जगतेर चित्त-वृत्ति करये शोधन ॥ १३ ॥
saṅkīrtana kare prabhu śacīra nandana jagatera citta-vṛtti karaye śodhana || 13 ||
sankirtana kare prabhu sacira nandana jagatera citta-vrtti karaye sodhana (13)
English translation:
(13) As the son of Śacī performed saṅkīrtana, the consciousness of everyone in the world was purified.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
By glorifying Kṛṣṇa through kīrtana, Lord Śacīnandana purified the enjoyment-prone hearts of people who were averse to the Lord.