Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.1.123, 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 123 of Adi-khanda chapter 1—“Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes”.
Verse 1.1.123
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.123:
নিত্যানন্দ-ব্যাস-পূজা কহি মধ্য-খণ্ডে যে প্রভুরে নিন্দা করে পাপিষ্ঠ পাষণ্ডে ॥ ১২৩ ॥
नित्यानन्द-व्यास-पूजा कहि मध्य-खण्डे ये प्रभुरे निन्दा करे पापिष्ठ पाषण्डे ॥ १२३ ॥
nityānanda-vyāsa-pūjā kahi madhya-khaṇḍe ye prabhure nindā kare pāpiṣṭha pāṣaṇḍe || 123 ||
nityananda-vyasa-puja kahi madhya-khande ye prabhure ninda kare papistha pasande (123)
English translation:
(123) In the Madhya-khaṇḍa there is a description of the Vyāsa-pūjā performed by Lord Nityānanda, who is criticized by sinners and atheists.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
People who are averse to Lord Viṣṇu are known as pāpiṣṭha, or sinners, and people who consider the demigods as equal to Lord Viṣṇu are pāṣaṇḍīs, or atheists. Sinners and atheists criticize Lord Nityānanda Prabhu without understanding His position. Although Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is personally the source of all viṣṇu-tattvas, He accepted His own servant, Vyāsadeva, as spiritual master and demonstrated the process of Vyāsa-pūjā. The arrangement for Lord Nityānanda Prabhu’s Vyāsa-pūjā was made in order to fulfil the purport of the verses yasya deve parā bhaktir, tad vijñānārthaṃ sa gurum evābhigacchet, and sampradāya- vihīnā ye mantrās te niṣphalā matāḥ.