Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.12.35, 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 35 of Adi-khanda chapter 12—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa”.
Verse 1.12.35
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.35:
কেহ বোলে,—“হেন রূপ, হেন বিদ্যা যা’র না ভজিলে কৃষ্ণ, নহে কিছু উপকার” ॥ ৩৫ ॥
केह बोले,—“हेन रूप, हेन विद्या या’र ना भजिले कृष्ण, नहे किछु उपकार” ॥ ३५ ॥
keha bole,—“hena rūpa, hena vidyā yā’ra nā bhajile kṛṣṇa, nahe kichu upakāra” || 35 ||
keha bole,—“hena rupa, hena vidya ya’ra na bhajile krsna, nahe kichu upakara” (35)
English translation:
(35) One of them said, “If anyone who possesses such beauty and knowledge does not worship Kṛṣṇa, there is no benefit.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In this world a beautiful form is the object of praise, so also is great learning. But what is beautiful or learned, when those with beauty or learning factually neither benefit themselves nor others if they do not worship Kṛṣṇa?