Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.142, 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 142 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.142
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.142:
সর্ব-ভূতে আছেন শ্রী-বিষ্ণু না জানিযা বিষ্ণু-পূজা করে অতি প্রাকৃত হৈযা ॥ ১৪২ ॥
सर्व-भूते आछेन श्री-विष्णु ना जानिया विष्णु-पूजा करे अति प्राकृत हैया ॥ १४२ ॥
sarva-bhūte āchena śrī-viṣṇu nā jāniyā viṣṇu-pūjā kare ati prākṛta haiyā || 142 ||
sarva-bhute achena sri-visnu na janiya visnu-puja kare ati prakrta haiya (142)
English translation:
(142) The worship of persons who do not know that Lord Viṣṇu is present within the heart of every living entity is certainly materialistic.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Activities performed through material senses by conditioned souls who desire to enjoy their results are called prākṛta, or materialistic. Those who consider that the Supersoul, Lord Viṣṇu, is not present within each and every atom of gross and subtle matter and consider that He does not
exist within the hearts of all living entities—such persons’ worship of Viṣṇu is simply cheating and materialistic rascaldom.