Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.239, 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 239 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.239
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.239:
তিল-মাত্র অনাচার হেন ভূমি নাই পরম উত্তম হৈল সর্ব-ঠাঞি-ঠাঞি ॥ ২৩৯ ॥
तिल-मात्र अनाचार हेन भूमि नाइ परम उत्तम हैल सर्व-ठाञि-ठाञि ॥ २३९ ॥
tila-mātra anācāra hena bhūmi nāi parama uttama haila sarva-ṭhāñi-ṭhāñi || 239 ||
tila-matra anacara hena bhumi nai parama uttama haila sarva-thani-thani (239)
English translation:
(239) There was not the slightest misbehavior to be found anywhere. Each of those places became most sanctified.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
All those places became most sanctified by the influence of hari-kīrtana. Even ordinary places no longer remained like desolate abodes of sense gratification devoid of kīrtana.