Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.137, 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 137 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.137
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.137:
হৈল দেউটিময নবদ্বীপ-পুর স্ত্রী-বাল-বৃদ্ধের রঙ্গ বাডিল প্রচুর ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
हैल देउटिमय नवद्वीप-पुर स्त्री-बाल-वृद्धेर रङ्ग बाडिल प्रचुर ॥ १३७ ॥
haila deuṭimaya navadvīpa-pura strī-bāla-vṛddhera raṅga bāḍila pracura || 137 ||
haila deutimaya navadvipa-pura stri-bala-vrddhera ranga badila pracura (137)
English translation:
(137) The entire Navadvīpa became filled with torches. The happiness of the women, children, and elderly persons increased unlimitedly.