Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.4, 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 4 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.4:

ব্যাকরণ-শাস্ত্রে সবে বিদ্যার আদান ভট্টাচার্য-প্রতি ও নাহিক তৃণ-জ্ঞান ॥ ৪ ॥

व्याकरण-शास्त्रे सबे विद्यार आदान भट्टाचार्य-प्रति ओ नाहिक तृण-ज्ञान ॥ ४ ॥

vyākaraṇa-śāstre sabe vidyāra ādāna bhaṭṭācārya-prati o nāhika tṛṇa-jñāna || 4 ||

vyakarana-sastre sabe vidyara adana bhattacarya-prati o nahika trna-jnana (4)

English translation:

(4) Although He was simply a student of grammar, He nevertheless considered the learned Bhaṭṭācāryas to be as insignificant as grass.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Learned scholars who are expert in philosophical literatures are known as Bhaṭṭācāryas. Although the Lord was studying and teaching only grammar, He nevertheless did not consider such great scholars as equal to even grass.

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