Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.166, 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 166 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.166
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.166:
কিবা চন্দ্র শোভে, কিবাশোভে দিনমণি কিবা তারা-গণ জ্বলে, কিছুই না জানি ॥ ১৬৬ ॥
किबा चन्द्र शोभे, किबाशोभे दिनमणि किबा तारा-गण ज्वले, किछुइ ना जानि ॥ १६६ ॥
kibā candra śobhe, kibāśobhe dinamaṇi kibā tārā-gaṇa jvale, kichui nā jāni || 166 ||
kiba candra sobhe, kibasobhe dinamani kiba tara-gana jvale, kichui na jani (166)
English translation:
(166) No one could tell whether the full moon had appeared, whether the sun had appeared, or whether the stars had appeared.