Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.134, 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 134 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.134
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.134:
তার বড, তার বড, সবেই বান্ধেন বড বড ভাণ্ডে তৈল করিযা লযেন ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
तार बड, तार बड, सबेइ बान्धेन बड बड भाण्डे तैल करिया लयेन ॥ १३४ ॥
tāra baḍa, tāra baḍa, sabei bāndhena baḍa baḍa bhāṇḍe taila kariyā layena || 134 ||
tara bada, tara bada, sabei bandhena bada bada bhande taila kariya layena (134)
English translation:
(134) Everyone competed to make the biggest torch. They then filled large pots with oil to take with them.