Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.688, 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 688 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.688
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.688:
যত সব দস্যু-চোর ডাকিযা আনিযা ধর্ম-পথে সবারে লওযাও তুমি গিযা” ॥ ৬৮৮ ॥
यत सब दस्यु-चोर डाकिया आनिया धर्म-पथे सबारे लओयाओ तुमि गिया” ॥ ६८८ ॥
yata saba dasyu-cora ḍākiyā āniyā dharma-pathe sabāre laoyāo tumi giyā” || 688 ||
yata saba dasyu-cora dakiya aniya dharma-pathe sabare laoyao tumi giya” (688)
English translation:
(688) “You should gather all the rogues and dacoits together and induce them to lead religious lives.”