Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.317, 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 317 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.317
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.317:
কেহ বলে,—“আমি শ্বেতদ্বীপের বৈষ্ণব” কেহ বলে,—“আমি বৈকুণ্ঠের পারিষদ” ॥ ৩১৭ ॥
केह बले,—“आमि श्वेतद्वीपेर वैष्णव” केह बले,—“आमि वैकुण्ठेर पारिषद” ॥ ३१७ ॥
keha bale,—“āmi śvetadvīpera vaiṣṇava” keha bale,—“āmi vaikuṇṭhera pāriṣada” || 317 ||
keha bale,—“ami svetadvipera vaisnava” keha bale,—“ami vaikunthera parisada” (317)
English translation:
(317) Someone else said, “I am a Vaiṣṇava from Śvetadvīpa.” Another person said, “I am an associate of the Lord from Vaikuṇṭha.”