Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.151, 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 151 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.151
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.151:
যোগী জ্ঞানী যত সব মুখে-মাত্র বলে তুমি সে পাইলা সিদ্ধি মহা-কুতূহলে ॥ ১৫১ ॥
योगी ज्ञानी यत सब मुखे-मात्र बले तुमि से पाइला सिद्धि महा-कुतूहले ॥ १५१ ॥
yogī jñānī yata saba mukhe-mātra bale tumi se pāilā siddhi mahā-kutūhale || 151 ||
yogi jnani yata saba mukhe-matra bale tumi se paila siddhi maha-kutuhale (151)
English translation:
(151) “All the so-called yogis and jñānīs simply speak big words, but you have actually attained perfection.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Ordinary pseudo yogis and pseudo jñānīs speak of advaya-jñāna, or transcendental knowledge beyond duality, simply to make a show of being liberal, but you, Haridāsa, are actually a real, perfected mahā- puruṣa, or great personality.”