Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.107, 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 107 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.107
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.107:
ক্ষমা করি’ যাঙ আজি, দৈবে হৈল রাতি আর দিন লাগালি পাইলে লৈব জাতি” ॥ ১০৭ ॥
क्षमा करि’ याङ आजि, दैवे हैल राति आर दिन लागालि पाइले लैब जाति” ॥ १०७ ॥
kṣamā kari’ yāṅa āji, daive haila rāti āra dina lāgāli pāile laiba jāti” || 107 ||
ksama kari’ yana aji, daive haila rati ara dina lagali paile laiba jati” (107)
English translation:
(107) “It is night now, so I will excuse you today. But if I catch you again,
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
then I will take away your caste.”
Chanting and playing musical instruments in observance of the eternal religious principles inaugurated by Śrī Gaurasundara offered a great opportunity for the sinful atheists to attack. The Kazi said that if he got another excuse he would forcibly change the social standing of the Nadia residents by converting them to his own religion.