Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.280, 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 280 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.280
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.280:
যাঙ্হার কীর্তন, করি’ অনুক্ষণ, শিব `দিগম্বর ভোলা’ সে প্রভু বিহরে, নগরে নগরে, করিযা কীর্তন-খেলা ॥ ২৮০ ॥
याङ्हार कीर्तन, करि’ अनुक्षण, शिव `दिगम्बर भोला’ से प्रभु विहरे, नगरे नगरे, करिया कीर्तन-खेला ॥ २८० ॥
yāṅhāra kīrtana, kari’ anukṣaṇa, śiva `digambara bholā’ se prabhu vihare, nagare nagare, kariyā kīrtana-khelā || 280 ||
yanhara kirtana, kari’ anuksana, siva `digambara bhola’ se prabhu vihare, nagare nagare, kariya kirtana-khela (280)
English translation:
(280) Śiva forgets his clothes by constantly chanting the glories of that Lord who was now enjoying kīrtana pastimes throughout the streets of Navadvīpa.