Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.458, 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 458 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.458
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.458:
শঙ্খ, ঘন্টা, মৃদঙ্গ, মন্দিরা, করতাল সঙ্কীর্তন-সঙ্গে ধ্বনি বাজযে বিশাল ॥ ৪৫৮ ॥
शङ्ख, घन्टा, मृदङ्ग, मन्दिरा, करताल सङ्कीर्तन-सङ्गे ध्वनि बाजये विशाल ॥ ४५८ ॥
śaṅkha, ghanṭā, mṛdaṅga, mandirā, karatāla saṅkīrtana-saṅge dhvani bājaye viśāla || 458 ||
sankha, ghanta, mrdanga, mandira, karatala sankirtana-sange dhvani bajaye visala (458)
English translation:
(458) The sound of the saṅkīrtana accompanied by conchshells, bells,
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
mṛdaṅgas, mandirās, and kartālas was tumultuous.