Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.11.15, 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 15 of Adi-khanda chapter 11—“Meeting with Shri Ishvara Puri”.
Verse 1.11.15
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.15:
সাক্ষাতে ও প্রভু দেখি’ কেহ কেহ বোলে “কি কার্যে গোঙাও কাল তুমি বিদ্যা-ভোলে?” ॥ ১৫ ॥
साक्षाते ओ प्रभु देखि’ केह केह बोले “कि कार्ये गोङाओ काल तुमि विद्या-भोले?” ॥ १५ ॥
sākṣāte o prabhu dekhi’ keha keha bole “ki kārye goṅāo kāla tumi vidyā-bhole?” || 15 ||
saksate o prabhu dekhi’ keha keha bole “ki karye gonao kala tumi vidya-bhole?” (15)
English translation:
(15) Although they directly saw the Lord, some of them said, “Why do You waste Your time in the fruitless pursuit of knowledge?”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In order to assist in the covered pastimes of the Lord, the Vaiṣṇavas, by the will of the Lord, acted as ignorant people induced by material knowledge as they continually endeavored to convert Gaura into a servant of the Supreme Lord. Besides giving indirect hints, they also directly told Nimāi not to remain absorbed in the cultivation of useless knowledge but to worship Hari, for that was beneficial.