Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.186, 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 186 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.186
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.186:
কেহ বান্ধে ভেলা কেহ ঘট বুকে করে কেহ বা কলার গাছ ধরিযা সাঙ্তারে ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
केह बान्धे भेला केह घट बुके करे केह वा कलार गाछ धरिया साङ्तारे ॥ १८६ ॥
keha bāndhe bhelā keha ghaṭa buke kare keha vā kalāra gācha dhariyā sāṅtāre || 186 ||
keha bandhe bhela keha ghata buke kare keha va kalara gacha dhariya santare (186)
English translation:
(186) Some people made rafts out of banana tree trunks, some floated on overturned waterpots, and some simply swam across while holding
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
banana trunks.
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