Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.149, 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 149 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.149
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.149:
মন দিযাশুন ভাই, নগর-কীর্তন যে কথাশুনিলে ঘুচে কর্মের বন্ধন ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
मन दियाशुन भाइ, नगर-कीर्तन ये कथाशुनिले घुचे कर्मेर बन्धन ॥ १४९ ॥
mana diyāśuna bhāi, nagara-kīrtana ye kathāśunile ghuce karmera bandhana || 149 ||
mana diyasuna bhai, nagara-kirtana ye kathasunile ghuce karmera bandhana (149)
English translation:
(149) O brothers, hear attentively about the kīrtana procession. By hearing these topics one is relieved from the bondage of fruitive activities.