Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.13.195, 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 195 of Adi-khanda chapter 13—“Defeating Digvijayi”.
Verse 1.13.195
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.13.195:
রাজ্যাদি সুখের কথা, সে থাকুক দূরে মোক্ষ-সুখো ‘অল্প’ মানে কৃষ্ণ-অনুচরে ॥ ১৯৫ ॥
राज्यादि सुखेर कथा, से थाकुक दूरे मोक्ष-सुखो ‘अल्प’ माने कृष्ण-अनुचरे ॥ १९५ ॥
rājyādi sukhera kathā, se thākuka dūre mokṣa-sukho ‘alpa’ māne kṛṣṇa-anucare || 195 ||
rajyadi sukhera katha, se thakuka dure moksa-sukho ‘alpa’ mane krsna-anucare (195)
English translation:
(195) Leaving talks of happiness from kingly opulence far aside, the devotees of Kṛṣṇa consider even the happiness derived from liberation as insignificant.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
When the inclination for serving the Supreme Lord is awakened in the hearts of pure devotees, they think that the four goals of human life—religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation—are simply cheating, duplicitous, or deceitful. In this regard one should see the purport to the Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Eight, verse 79.