Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.291, 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 291 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.291
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.291:
মন্দিরা, মৃদঙ্গ, করতাল, শঙ্খ, না জানি কতেক বাজে মহা-হরি-ধ্বনি, চতুর্-দিকে শুনি, মাঝে শোভে দ্বিজ-রাজে ॥ ২৯১ ॥
मन्दिरा, मृदङ्ग, करताल, शङ्ख, ना जानि कतेक बाजे महा-हरि-ध्वनि, चतुर्-दिके शुनि, माझे शोभे द्विज-राजे ॥ २९१ ॥
mandirā, mṛdaṅga, karatāla, śaṅkha, nā jāni kateka bāje mahā-hari-dhvani, catur-dike śuni, mājhe śobhe dvija-rāje || 291 ||
mandira, mrdanga, karatala, sankha, na jani kateka baje maha-hari-dhvani, catur-dike suni, majhe sobhe dvija-raje (291)
English translation:
(291) No one could count the whompers, mṛdaṅgas, karatālas, and conchshells that were vibrated. The best of the brāhmaṇas danced amidst the tumultuous vibration of Hari’s names.