Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.329, 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 329 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.329
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.329:
নিরবধি শ্রী-কৃষ্ণ-চৈতন্য-সঙ্কীর্তন করাযেন, করেন লৈযা ভক্ত-গণ ॥ ৩২৯ ॥
निरवधि श्री-कृष्ण-चैतन्य-सङ्कीर्तन करायेन, करेन लैया भक्त-गण ॥ ३२९ ॥
niravadhi śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-saṅkīrtana karāyena, karena laiyā bhakta-gaṇa || 329 ||
niravadhi sri-krsna-caitanya-sankirtana karayena, karena laiya bhakta-gana (329)
English translation:
(329) He would induce all the devotees to constantly perform saṅkīrtana, as inaugurated by Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu always engaged the devotees in hari-saṅkīrtana, as inaugurated by Śrī Caitanya. Through the songs He sang He would reveal that Śrī Gaurasundara was nondifferent from Vrajendra-nandana.