Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.277, 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 277 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.277
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.277:
ভদ্রাভদ্র মূর্খ দ্বিজ জানিবে কেমনে? ইহা জানি’ ‘কৃষ্ণ’ বল, কর, অধ্যযনে ॥ ২৭৭ ॥
भद्राभद्र मूर्ख द्विज जानिबे केमने? इहा जानि’ ‘कृष्ण’ बल, कर, अध्ययने ॥ २७७ ॥
bhadrābhadra mūrkha dvija jānibe kemane? ihā jāni’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ bala, kara, adhyayane || 277 ||
bhadrabhadra murkha dvija janibe kemane? iha jani’ ‘krsna’ bala, kara, adhyayane (277)
English translation:
(277) “How will an ignorant twice-born know what is proper and what is not? Knowing this, You should chant the name of Kṛṣṇa and concentrate on Your studies.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word bhadrābhadra is a combination of the words bhadra (śreyaḥ, or ultimate benefit) and abhadra (preyaḥ, or temporary gratification) and means “good and bad,” “beneficial and nonbeneficial,” “auspicious and inauspicious,” or “proper and improper.”
“Although a foolish person devoid of Vedic study may be a so-called brāhmaṇa, he is not qualified to discriminate between good and bad. Therefore, if by Your instructions Your students become neglectful in their study of the scriptures and simply chant, ‘Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa,’ then they will not be able to understand what is right and what is wrong.”