Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.17, 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 17 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.17
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.17:
জগত্-প্রমত্ত—ধন-পুত্র-বিদ্যা-রসে বৈষ্ণব দেখিলে মাত্র সবে উপহাসে’ ॥ ১৭ ॥
जगत्-प्रमत्त—धन-पुत्र-विद्या-रसे वैष्णव देखिले मात्र सबे उपहासे’ ॥ १७ ॥
jagat-pramatta—dhana-putra-vidyā-rase vaiṣṇava dekhile mātra sabe upahāse’ || 17 ||
jagat-pramatta—dhana-putra-vidya-rase vaisnava dekhile matra sabe upahase’ (17)
English translation:
(17) The people of the world were mad for enjoying wealth, children, and education. Whenever they saw the Vaiṣṇavas, they would ridicule them.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Mundane people work hard to achieve wealth, children, and education, and when they do not see such propensities in a Vaiṣṇava, they deride him.