Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.10.317, 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 317 of Madhya-khanda chapter 10—“Conclusion of the Lord’s Maha-prakasha Pastimes”.
Verse 2.10.317
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.317:
সন্ন্যাসী ও যদি নাহি মানে গৌরচন্দ্র জানিহ সে খল জন জন্ম জন্ম অন্ধ ॥ ৩১৭ ॥
सन्न्यासी ओ यदि नाहि माने गौरचन्द्र जानिह से खल जन जन्म जन्म अन्ध ॥ ३१७ ॥
sannyāsī o yadi nāhi māne gauracandra jāniha se khala jana janma janma andha || 317 ||
sannyasi o yadi nahi mane gauracandra janiha se khala jana janma janma andha (317)
English translation:
(317) Know that if even a sannyāsī does not accept Gauracandra, then that crooked person remains blind birth after birth.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
If even a sannyāsī situated on the topmost platform of āśrama-dharma blasphemes Gauracandra by finding fault in Him, then as a result of losing his vision such a offender remains blind birth after birth. Duplicity and envy obstruct his real vision.