Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.36, 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 36 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.36
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.36:
কখন বা সন্ন্যাসীর হেন হাস্য হয অট্ট অট্ট দুই প্রহরে ও ক্ষণা নয ॥ ৩৬ ॥
कखन वा सन्न्यासीर हेन हास्य हय अट्ट अट्ट दुइ प्रहरे ओ क्षणा नय ॥ ३६ ॥
kakhana vā sannyāsīra hena hāsya haya aṭṭa aṭṭa dui prahare o kṣaṇā naya || 36 ||
kakhana va sannyasira hena hasya haya atta atta dui prahare o ksana naya (36)
English translation:
(36) “Sometimes that sannyāsī continues laughing loudly for six hours without stop.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The phrase kṣaṇā naya means “no end to the loud laughter.”