Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.197, 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 197 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.197
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.197:
নব-লক্ষ প্রাসাদ দ্বারকা রত্ন-ময নিমেষে হৈল, এই ভাগবতে কয ॥ ১৯৭ ॥
नव-लक्ष प्रासाद द्वारका रत्न-मय निमेषे हैल, एइ भागवते कय ॥ १९७ ॥
nava-lakṣa prāsāda dvārakā ratna-maya nimeṣe haila, ei bhāgavate kaya || 197 ||
nava-laksa prasada dvaraka ratna-maya nimese haila, ei bhagavate kaya (197)
English translation:
(197) In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam it is stated that nine hundred thousand jeweled palaces manifested within the blinking of an eye.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this regard one should refer to the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.50.49-53).