Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.194, 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 194 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.194:

তেঞি সে বলিলুঙ্ প্রভু তোমারে লঙ্ঘি যামোর সেবা করে তারে মারি পোডাইযা ॥ ১৯৪ ॥

तेञि से बलिलुङ् प्रभु तोमारे लङ्घि यामोर सेवा करे तारे मारि पोडाइया ॥ १९४ ॥

teñi se baliluṅ prabhu tomāre laṅghi yāmora sevā kare tāre māri poḍāiyā || 194 ||

teni se balilun prabhu tomare langhi yamora seva kare tare mari podaiya (194)

English translation:

(194) “That is why I declare that I will burn to ashes anyone who transgresses You and serves Me.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

One who becomes anxious to envy the servants of Śrī Caitanya and who tries to introduce himself as “a servant” by assuming a relationship with

Advaita is burned to ashes by Advaita like Sudakṣiṇa. Advaita Prabhu and Mahādeva never accept worship from worshipers who are envious of Lord Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas. Even today proud people try to malign devotional service by proudly organizing rival assemblies, rival kīrtanas, and rival preaching, but Lord Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas, who are the objects of kīrtana, perpetually destroy their propensity for serving Vaiṣṇavas by engaging them in their own selfish interests. By their own behavior, such people destroy themselves by becoming servants of lust and anger, therefore pure devotional service takes leave of them forever.

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