Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.164, 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 164 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.164
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.164:
অজামিলে নিস্তারিলা যে-কৃষ্ণের নামে ধন-কুল-বিদ্যা-মদে তাহা নাহি জানে ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
अजामिले निस्तारिला ये-कृष्णेर नामे धन-कुल-विद्या-मदे ताहा नाहि जाने ॥ १६४ ॥
ajāmile nistārilā ye-kṛṣṇera nāme dhana-kula-vidyā-made tāhā nāhi jāne || 164 ||
ajamile nistarila ye-krsnera name dhana-kula-vidya-made taha nahi jane (164)
English translation:
(164) “The holy names of Kṛṣṇa delivered Ajāmila, yet those who are intoxicated by wealth, good birth, and education do not know Him.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One should refer to the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, Chapter One, verses 21-68 and Chapter Two for a description of Ajāmila’s deliverance through kṛṣṇa-nāmābhāsa, a glimpse of offenseless chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s name.
The second line of this verse is confirmed in Kuntīs prayer to Kṛṣṇa in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.8.26):
janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumān naivārhaty abhidhātuṃ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram
“My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling.”