Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.505, 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 505 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.505
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.505:
চতুর্-দিকে ভক্ত-গণ যেন তারাচয মধ্যে কোটি-চন্দ্র যেন প্রভুর উদয ॥ ৫০৫ ॥
चतुर्-दिके भक्त-गण येन ताराचय मध्ये कोटि-चन्द्र येन प्रभुर उदय ॥ ५०५ ॥
catur-dike bhakta-gaṇa yena tārācaya madhye koṭi-candra yena prabhura udaya || 505 ||
catur-dike bhakta-gana yena taracaya madhye koti-candra yena prabhura udaya (505)
English translation:
(505) The Lord in the middle appeared as effulgent as millions of moons, and the devotees surrounding Him resembled the stars.