Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.79, 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 79 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.79
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.79:
দশ-পাঞ্চ মিলি’ নিজ দ্বারেতে বসিযা কীর্তন করহ সবে হাতে তালি দিযা ॥ ৭৯ ॥
दश-पाञ्च मिलि’ निज द्वारेते वसिया कीर्तन करह सबे हाते तालि दिया ॥ ७९ ॥
daśa-pāñca mili’ nija dvārete vasiyā kīrtana karaha sabe hāte tāli diyā || 79 ||
dasa-panca mili’ nija dvarete vasiya kirtana karaha sabe hate tali diya (79)
English translation:
(79) “Five to ten people can sit together in a house and perform kīrtana
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
while clapping their hands.