Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.139, 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 139 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.139
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.139:
অভ্যর্চযিত্বা প্রতিমাসু বিষ্ণুং নিন্দন্ জনে সর্ব-গতং তম্ এব অভ্যর্চ্য পাদৌ হি দ্বিজস্য মূর্ধি দ্রুহ্যন্নিবাজ্ঞো নরকং প্রযাতি ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
अभ्यर्चयित्वा प्रतिमासु विष्णुं निन्दन् जने सर्व-गतं तम् एव अभ्यर्च्य पादौ हि द्विजस्य मूर्धि द्रुह्यन्निवाज्ञो नरकं प्रयाति ॥ १३९ ॥
abhyarcayitvā pratimāsu viṣṇuṃ nindan jane sarva-gataṃ tam eva abhyarcya pādau hi dvijasya mūrdhi druhyannivājño narakaṃ prayāti || 139 ||
abhyarcayitva pratimasu visnum nindan jane sarva-gatam tam eva abhyarcya padau hi dvijasya murdhi druhyannivajno narakam prayati (139)
English translation:
(139) “Just as a foolish person who worships the feet of a brāhmaṇa and then beats him in the head goes to hell, one who worships the Deity form of Lord Viṣṇu and then disrespects that same Lord who is situated in the hearts of all living entities also goes to hell.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this regard one should discuss the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.29.21-24 and 11.5.14-15).