Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.235, 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 235 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.235
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.235:
হেন প্রেম-বৃষ্টি হৈল সর্ব নদীযায বৈকুন্ঠ-সেবকো যাহা চাহে সর্বথায ॥ ২৩৫ ॥
हेन प्रेम-वृष्टि हैल सर्व नदीयाय वैकुन्ठ-सेवको याहा चाहे सर्वथाय ॥ २३५ ॥
hena prema-vṛṣṭi haila sarva nadīyāya vaikunṭha-sevako yāhā cāhe sarvathāya || 235 ||
hena prema-vrsti haila sarva nadiyaya vaikuntha-sevako yaha cahe sarvathaya (235)
English translation:
(235) There was such a downpour of ecstatic love of God all over Nadia that even the inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha hankered for it.