Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.292, 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 292 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.292
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.292:
জয জয জয, নগর-কীর্তন, জয বিশ্বম্ভর-নৃত্য বিংশ-পদ-গীত, চৈতন্য-চরিত, জয চৈতনযের ভৃত্য ॥ ২৯২ ॥
जय जय जय, नगर-कीर्तन, जय विश्वम्भर-नृत्य विंश-पद-गीत, चैतन्य-चरित, जय चैतनयेर भृत्य ॥ २९२ ॥
jaya jaya jaya, nagara-kīrtana, jaya viśvambhara-nṛtya viṃśa-pada-gīta, caitanya-carita, jaya caitanayera bhṛtya || 292 ||
jaya jaya jaya, nagara-kirtana, jaya visvambhara-nrtya vimsa-pada-gita, caitanya-carita, jaya caitanayera bhrtya (292)
English translation:
(292) All glories to the saṅkīrtana procession! All glories to the dancing of Viśvambhara! All glories to the twenty verses that describe the characteristics of Lord Caitanya! All glories to the servants of Lord Caitanya!
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase viṃśa-pada-gīta refers to the twenty verses beginning nāce viśvambhara up to the verse ending mājhe śobhe dvija-rāje.