Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.426, 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 426 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.426
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.426:
“লোক-মধ্যে ভ্রমি কেনে বৈষ্ণব দেখিতে কোথাও `বৈষ্ণব’ নাম নাশুনি জগতে ॥ ৪২৬ ॥
“लोक-मध्ये भ्रमि केने वैष्णव देखिते कोथाओ `वैष्णव’ नाम नाशुनि जगते ॥ ४२६ ॥
“loka-madhye bhrami kene vaiṣṇava dekhite kothāo `vaiṣṇava’ nāma nāśuni jagate || 426 ||
“loka-madhye bhrami kene vaisnava dekhite kothao `vaisnava’ nama nasuni jagate (426)
English translation:
(426) “Why am I looking for a Vaiṣṇava among ordinary people? In this world I have not even heard the word `Vaiṣṇava.’