Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.428, 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 428 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.428
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.428:
অনন্ত অর্বুদ লোক সঙ্গে বিশ্বম্ভর প্রবেশ করিলাশঙ্খ-বণিক্-নগর ॥ ৪২৮ ॥
अनन्त अर्बुद लोक सङ्गे विश्वम्भर प्रवेश करिलाशङ्ख-वणिक्-नगर ॥ ४२८ ॥
ananta arbuda loka saṅge viśvambhara praveśa karilāśaṅkha-vaṇik-nagara || 428 ||
ananta arbuda loka sange visvambhara pravesa karilasankha-vanik-nagara (428)
English translation:
(428) Viśvambhara, accompanied by innumerable millions of people, then entered the village of conchshell merchants.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
After suppressing the Kazi’s opposition to saṅkīrtana, Lord Śrī Gaurasundara led the kīrtana party to the nearby village of conchshell merchants.