Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.7.101, 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 101 of Adi-khanda chapter 7—“Shri Vishvarupa Takes Sannyasa”.
Verse 1.7.101
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.7.101:
“কৃষ্ণ ‘ভজি’ তোমার হৈল কোন্ সুখ? মাগিযা সে খাও, আরো বাডে যত দুঃখ” ॥ ১০১ ॥
“कृष्ण ‘भजि’ तोमार हैल कोन् सुख? मागिया से खाओ, आरो बाडे यत दुःख” ॥ १०१ ॥
“kṛṣṇa ‘bhaji’ tomāra haila kon sukha? māgiyā se khāo, āro bāḍe yata duḥkha” || 101 ||
“krsna ‘bhaji’ tomara haila kon sukha? magiya se khao, aro bade yata duhkha” (101)
English translation:
(101) “‘What pleasure do you derive by worshiping Kṛṣṇa? You even have to beg for your food. In this way you increase your distress.’
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Foolish persons who are averse to Lord Hari compare the materialists with Kṛṣṇa’s devotees by saying, “The devotees of Kṛṣṇa have no enjoyment, and they always live in poverty, which simply increases their misery.