Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.223, 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 223 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.223
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.223:
অবিচ্ছিন্ন ধারা দুই নযনেতে ঝরে সে কাকু শুনিযা কাষ্ঠ পাষাণ বিদরে ॥ ২২৩ ॥
अविच्छिन्न धारा दुइ नयनेते झरे से काकु शुनिया काष्ठ पाषाण विदरे ॥ २२३ ॥
avicchinna dhārā dui nayanete jhare se kāku śuniyā kāṣṭha pāṣāṇa vidare || 223 ||
avicchinna dhara dui nayanete jhare se kaku suniya kastha pasana vidare (223)
English translation:
(223) Tears constantly flowed from her eyes. The sound of her pathetic crying melted even wood and stone
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word kāku means “pathetic words” or “choked voice.”