Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.109, 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 109 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.109
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.109:
দুঃখে সব নগরিযা থাকে লুকাইযা হিন্দু-গণে কাজী সব মারে কদর্থিযা ॥ ১০৯ ॥
दुःखे सब नगरिया थाके लुकाइया हिन्दु-गणे काजी सब मारे कदर्थिया ॥ १०९ ॥
duḥkhe saba nagariyā thāke lukāiyā hindu-gaṇe kājī saba māre kadarthiyā || 109 ||
duhkhe saba nagariya thake lukaiya hindu-gane kaji saba mare kadarthiya (109)
English translation:
(109) In distress, the townspeople remained hidden while the Kazi went about beating and chastising Hindus.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The inhabitants of Navadvīpa were forced to stop playing musical instruments in kīrtana because of the Kazi’s suppression, yet they continued to do so in secret. With the help of sinful townspeople who were envious of the devotees, the Kazi began to wander around searching for those engaged in kīrtana. Whenever he found them, he would abuse them and beat them.