Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.164, 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 164 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.164
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.164:
লক্ষ কোটি দীপ সব চতুর্-দিকে জ্বলে লক্ষ কোটি লোক চারি-দিকে `হরি’ বলে ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
लक्ष कोटि दीप सब चतुर्-दिके ज्वले लक्ष कोटि लोक चारि-दिके `हरि’ बले ॥ १६४ ॥
lakṣa koṭi dīpa saba catur-dike jvale lakṣa koṭi loka cāri-dike `hari’ bale || 164 ||
laksa koti dipa saba catur-dike jvale laksa koti loka cari-dike `hari’ bale (164)
English translation:
(164) Millions of torches were lit in the four directions, and millions of people chanted the name of Hari in the four directions.