Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.171, 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 171 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.171
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.171:
তাহানে ও দুঃখ দিল যে-সব যবনে সবংশে উচ্ছন্ন তা’রা হৈল কত-দিনে ॥ ১৭১ ॥
ताहाने ओ दुःख दिल ये-सब यवने सवंशे उच्छन्न ता’रा हैल कत-दिने ॥ १७१ ॥
tāhāne o duḥkha dila ye-saba yavane savaṃśe ucchanna tā’rā haila kata-dine || 171 ||
tahane o duhkha dila ye-saba yavane savamse ucchanna ta’ra haila kata-dine (171)
English translation:
(171) The Yavanas who had beaten Haridāsa, as well as their families, were all destroyed within a few days.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The sinful atheist Yavanas soon achieved the miserable results obtained by persons who torture and envy Vaiṣṇavas. In the Skanda Purāṇa it is stated:
hanti nindati vai dveṣṭi vaiṣṇavān nābhinandati krudhyate yāti no harṣaṃ darśane patanāni ṣaṭ
“Whoever kills or blasphemes a Vaiṣṇava, whoever is envious of or angry with a Vaiṣṇava, and whoever does not offer obeisances or feel joy upon seeing a Vaiṣṇava certainly falls into a hellish condition.” According to this infallible scriptural decree, the Yavanas along with their families were soon destroyed by severe diseases like cholera or smallpox.