Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.22.5, 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 5 of Madhya-khanda chapter 22—“Delivering Shacidevi from Offense and Descriptions of Nityananda’s Qualities”.
Verse 2.22.5
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.22.5:
দেবানন্দ পণ্ডিত চলিল নিজ-বাসে দুঃখ পাইলেন দ্বিজ দুষ্ট-সঙ্গ-দোষে ॥ ৫ ॥
देवानन्द पण्डित चलिल निज-वासे दुःख पाइलेन द्विज दुष्ट-सङ्ग-दोषे ॥ ५ ॥
devānanda paṇḍita calila nija-vāse duḥkha pāilena dvija duṣṭa-saṅga-doṣe || 5 ||
devananda pandita calila nija-vase duhkha pailena dvija dusta-sanga-dose (5)
English translation:
(5) Devānanda Paṇḍita also returned to his house. He felt distress because of bad association.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Devānanda Paṇḍita received Mahāprabhu’s chastisement for the fault of associating with materialistic students and therefore felt unhappy.
Although ordinary people considered him a sober person, he did not receive any respect from Śrī Caitanyadeva. Since Śrī Mahāprabhu did not accept Devānanda as a “bhāgavata,” he could not be counted as a recipient of the Lord’s mercy.