Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.96, 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 96 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.96
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.96:
বৈষ্ণব-গৃহিণী যত পতি-ব্রতা-গণ দূরে থাকি’ প্রভু দেখি’ করযে ক্রন্দন ॥ ৯৬ ॥
वैष्णव-गृहिणी यत पति-व्रता-गण दूरे थाकि’ प्रभु देखि’ करये क्रन्दन ॥ ९६ ॥
vaiṣṇava-gṛhiṇī yata pati-vratā-gaṇa dūre thāki’ prabhu dekhi’ karaye krandana || 96 ||
vaisnava-grhini yata pati-vrata-gana dure thaki’ prabhu dekhi’ karaye krandana (96)
English translation:
(96) The chaste wives of the Vaiṣṇavas began to cry as they stood gazing at the Lord from a distance.