Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.170, 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 170 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.170
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.170:
করতাল-মন্দিরা সবার শোভে করে কোটি-সিংহ জিনিযা সবেই শক্তি ধরে ॥ ১৭০ ॥
करताल-मन्दिरा सबार शोभे करे कोटि-सिंह जिनिया सबेइ शक्ति धरे ॥ १७० ॥
karatāla-mandirā sabāra śobhe kare koṭi-siṃha jiniyā sabei śakti dhare || 170 ||
karatala-mandira sabara sobhe kare koti-simha jiniya sabei sakti dhare (170)
English translation:
(170) Their hands were adorned with karatālas and whompers. Each one of them had the power to defeat millions of lions.