Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.186, 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 186 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.186
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.186:
এতেক লোকের সে হৈল সমুচ্চয সরিষপ পডিলে ও তল নাহি হয ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
एतेक लोकेर से हैल समुच्चय सरिषप पडिले ओ तल नाहि हय ॥ १८६ ॥
eteka lokera se haila samuccaya sariṣapa paḍile o tala nāhi haya || 186 ||
eteka lokera se haila samuccaya sarisapa padile o tala nahi haya (186)
English translation:
(186) The crowd was so thick that if a mustard seed was dropped, it would not reach the ground.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The crowd of people was so thick that even a small mustard seed would not reach the ground if it was thrown among them.