Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.154, 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 154 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.154
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.154:
হেন কৃষ্ণ-নামে যার নাহি রতি-মতি পডিযা ও সর্ব-শাস্ত্র, তাহার দুর্গতি ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
हेन कृष्ण-नामे यार नाहि रति-मति पडिया ओ सर्व-शास्त्र, ताहार दुर्गति ॥ १५४ ॥
hena kṛṣṇa-nāme yāra nāhi rati-mati paḍiyā o sarva-śāstra, tāhāra durgati || 154 ||
hena krsna-name yara nahi rati-mati padiya o sarva-sastra, tahara durgati (154)
English translation:
(154) “Even if one studies all the scriptures, if he has no affection or inclination for the name of Kṛṣṇa, he is certainly degraded.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
By giving up vidvad-rūḍhi and accepting ajña-rūḍhi, a learned scholar, in spite of having studied all the scriptures, does not develop any taste for the transcendental names of Kṛṣṇa. Such a proud, self-proclaimed scholar is simply an unfortunate asslike traveler to hell rather than a swanlike person.