Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.28.28, 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 28 of Madhya-khanda chapter 28—“The Lord’s Pastime of Accepting Sannyasa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.28:

কি শযনে, কি ভোজনে, কিবা জাগরণে অহর্নিশ চিন্ত কৃষ্ণ, বলহ বদনে” ॥ ২৮ ॥

कि शयने, कि भोजने, किबा जागरणे अहर्निश चिन्त कृष्ण, बलह वदने” ॥ २८ ॥

ki śayane, ki bhojane, kibā jāgaraṇe aharniśa cinta kṛṣṇa, balaha vadane” || 28 ||

ki sayane, ki bhojane, kiba jagarane aharnisa cinta krsna, balaha vadane” (28)

English translation:

(28) “Whether you are sleeping, eating, or waking, day and night think of Kṛṣṇa and chant His name.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

For one who has heard the kīrtana inaugurated by Gaura, there is no instruction to stop remembering the topics of Kṛṣṇa or to give up chanting the names of Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours every day, even while eating, sleeping, or waking.

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