Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.262, 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 262 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.262
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.262:
প্রতি-দিন উচ্চারণ করিযা কি কায?” এই-রূপে বলে যত মধ্যস্থ-সমাজ ॥ ২৬২ ॥
प्रति-दिन उच्चारण करिया कि काय?” एइ-रूपे बले यत मध्यस्थ-समाज ॥ २६२ ॥
prati-dina uccāraṇa kariyā ki kāya?” ei-rūpe bale yata madhyastha-samāja || 262 ||
prati-dina uccarana kariya ki kaya?” ei-rupe bale yata madhyastha-samaja (262)
English translation:
(262) “What is the need for chanting the Lord’s name every day?” In this way, the atheists condemned the devotees in various ways.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
On the pretext of being indifferent, some fruitive workers used to say, “There is no benefit in loudly and repeatedly chanting the names of the Lord every day. Since the living entities are bound by the fruits of their
karma, and since the Supreme Lord is also under the subordination of karma, the living entities who are forced to enjoy the fruits of their karma simply increase their bile secretion by chanting the names of the Lord.” In this way, middle class people, who were neither devotees nor nondevotees, put forth such arguments and useless talk.