Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.116, 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 116 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.116-117
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.116-117:
“কাজীর ভযেতে আর না করি কীর্তন প্রতি-দিন বুলে লৈ’ সহস্রেক জন নবদ্বীপ ছাডিযা যাইব অন্য স্থানে গোচরিল এই দুই তোমার চরণে” ॥ ১১৬-১১৭ ॥
“काजीर भयेते आर ना करि कीर्तन प्रति-दिन बुले लै’ सहस्रेक जन नवद्वीप छाडिया याइब अन्य स्थाने गोचरिल एइ दुइ तोमार चरणे” ॥ ११६-११७ ॥
“kājīra bhayete āra nā kari kīrtana prati-dina bule lai’ sahasreka jana navadvīpa chāḍiyā yāiba anya sthāne gocarila ei dui tomāra caraṇe” || 116-117 ||
“kajira bhayete ara na kari kirtana prati-dina bule lai’ sahasreka jana navadvipa chadiya yaiba anya sthane gocarila ei dui tomara carane” (116-117)
English translation:
(116-117) “Out of fear of the Kazi, we do not perform kīrtana anymore. The Kazi wanders about with thousands of followers. We will leave Navadvīpa and go somewhere else. We submit these two concerns at Your feet.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The inhabitants of Navadvīpa said, “Since thousands of the Kazi’s people have become averse to kīrtana, they will search us out and torture us.
Therefore we will leave Navadvīpa and go elsewhere.” Fear of Kazi’s torture and leaving Navadvīpa to escape that fear were the two anxieties that the inhabitants of Navadvīpa submitted before Mahāprabhu.