Chaitanya Bhagavata

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

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.78, 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 78 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.78:

ওড্র-দেশে কোটি কোটি প্রতিমা, প্রাসাদ ভাঙ্গিলেক, কত কত করিল প্রমাদ ॥ ৭৮ ॥

ओड्र-देशे कोटि कोटि प्रतिमा, प्रासाद भाङ्गिलेक, कत कत करिल प्रमाद ॥ ७८ ॥

oḍra-deśe koṭi koṭi pratimā, prāsāda bhāṅgileka, kata kata karila pramāda || 78 ||

odra-dese koti koti pratima, prasada bhangileka, kata kata karila pramada (78)

English translation:

(78) “He broke millions of deities and temples in Orissa and created great havoc there.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase oḍra-deśe means “in Orissa.”

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