Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.227, 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 227 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.227
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.227:
হরিদাস-সঙ্গে স্পর্দ্ধা মিথ্যা করি’ করে অতএব শাস্তি বহু করিলুঙ্ উহারে ॥ ২২৭ ॥
हरिदास-सङ्गे स्पर्द्धा मिथ्या करि’ करे अतएव शास्ति बहु करिलुङ् उहारे ॥ २२७ ॥
haridāsa-saṅge sparddhā mithyā kari’ kare ataeva śāsti bahu kariluṅ uhāre || 227 ||
haridasa-sange sparddha mithya kari’ kare ataeva sasti bahu karilun uhare (227)
English translation:
(227) “Out of audacity, he tried to imitate Haridāsa, and therefore I punished him accordingly.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“Haridāsa Ṭhākura is a nonduplicitous, transcendental, spontaneous, pure devotee of the Lord, whereas this pseudo brāhmaṇa is an abominable prākṛta-sahajiyā. Artificial imitation born of false rivalry with nonduplicitous pure devotees is the fraudulent drama of hypocritical sahajiyās. Since this prākṛta-sahajiyā tried to artificially imitate the activities of a mahā-bhāgavata Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākura out of envy and hate and with a desire to cheaply acquire mundane fame from the foolish persons ignorant of the truth, I have sufficiently punished him.”