Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.171, 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 171 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.171
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.171:
চতুর্-দিকে আপন-বিগ্রহ ভক্ত-গণ বাহির হৈলা প্রভু শ্রী-শচী-নন্দন ॥ ১৭১ ॥
चतुर्-दिके आपन-विग्रह भक्त-गण बाहिर हैला प्रभु श्री-शची-नन्दन ॥ १७१ ॥
catur-dike āpana-vigraha bhakta-gaṇa bāhira hailā prabhu śrī-śacī-nandana || 171 ||
catur-dike apana-vigraha bhakta-gana bahira haila prabhu sri-saci-nandana (171)
English translation:
(171) Surrounded by His devotees, who were nondifferent from Him, the son of Śacī began to move forward.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word āpana-vigraha means “His own forms [this refers to the devotees].” The devotees surrounded the Lord on the four directions.