Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.196, 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 196 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.196
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.196:
যস্মিন্ শাস্ত্রে পুরাণে বা হরি-ভক্তির্ ন দৃষ্যতে শ্রোতব্যং নৈব তত্ শাস্ত্রং যদি ব্রহ্মা স্বযং বদেত্ ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
यस्मिन् शास्त्रे पुराणे वा हरि-भक्तिर् न दृष्यते श्रोतव्यं नैव तत् शास्त्रं यदि ब्रह्मा स्वयं वदेत् ॥ १९६ ॥
yasmin śāstre purāṇe vā hari-bhaktir na dṛṣyate śrotavyaṃ naiva tat śāstraṃ yadi brahmā svayaṃ vadet || 196 ||
yasmin sastre purane va hari-bhaktir na drsyate srotavyam naiva tat sastram yadi brahma svayam vadet (196)
English translation:
(196) “One should never hear a scripture or a Purāṇa that does not prominently describe the devotional service of Hari, even if it is recited by the four-headed Lord Brahmā.