Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.16.301, 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 301 of Adi-khanda chapter 16—“The Glories of Shri Haridasa Thakura”.
Verse 1.16.301
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.301:
রাক্ষসাঃ কলিম্ আশ্রিত্য জাযন্তে ব্রহ্ম-যোনিষু উত্পন্না ব্রাহ্মণ-কুলে বাধন্তে শ্রোত্রিযান্ কৃশান্ ॥ ৩০১ ॥
राक्षसाः कलिम् आश्रित्य जायन्ते ब्रह्म-योनिषु उत्पन्ना ब्राह्मण-कुले बाधन्ते श्रोत्रियान् कृशान् ॥ ३०१ ॥
rākṣasāḥ kalim āśritya jāyante brahma-yoniṣu utpannā brāhmaṇa-kule bādhante śrotriyān kṛśān || 301 ||
raksasah kalim asritya jayante brahma-yonisu utpanna brahmana-kule badhante srotriyan krsan (301)
English translation:
(301) “In Kali-yuga, demons will take birth in the families of brāhmaṇas to harass those rare persons who are conversant with the Vedic way of life.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
[This verse was spoken by Lord Śiva in the Varāha Purāṇa.]