Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.253, 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 253 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.253
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.253:
এক জাতি লোক যা’তে অর্বুদ অর্বুদ ইহা সঙ্খ্যা করিবেক কোন্ বা অবুধ ॥ ২৫৩ ॥
एक जाति लोक या’ते अर्बुद अर्बुद इहा सङ्ख्या करिबेक कोन् वा अबुध ॥ २५३ ॥
eka jāti loka yā’te arbuda arbuda ihā saṅkhyā karibeka kon vā abudha || 253 ||
eka jati loka ya’te arbuda arbuda iha sankhya karibeka kon va abudha (253)
English translation:
(253) There were hundreds of millions of people from each caste. What fool would try to estimate the number?