Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.22.26, 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 26 of Madhya-khanda chapter 22—“Delivering Shacidevi from Offense and Descriptions of Nityananda’s Qualities”.
Verse 2.22.26
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.22.26:
বৈষ্ণবের ঠাঞি তান আছে অপরাধ অতএব তান হৈল প্রেম-ভক্তি-বাধ” ॥ ২৬ ॥
वैष्णवेर ठाञि तान आछे अपराध अतएव तान हैल प्रेम-भक्ति-वाध” ॥ २६ ॥
vaiṣṇavera ṭhāñi tāna āche aparādha ataeva tāna haila prema-bhakti-vādha” || 26 ||
vaisnavera thani tana ache aparadha ataeva tana haila prema-bhakti-vadha” (26)
English translation:
(26) “She has committed an offense against a Vaiṣṇava, so there is an impediment to her attainment of ecstatic love.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita saw everyone drowning in the flood of kṛṣṇa-
prema, he requested Śrī Gaurahari to give ecstatic love to His mother. Mahāprabhu then replied, “She is an offender of a Vaiṣṇava, so there is no possibility for her to achieve ecstatic love of God.”