Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.5.149, 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 149 of Madhya-khanda chapter 5—“Lord Nityananda’s Vyasa-puja Ceremony and His Darshana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form”.
Verse 2.5.149
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.5.149:
অর্চাযাম্ এব হরযে পূজাং যঃশ্রদ্ধযেহতে ন তদ্-ভক্তেষু চান্যেষু স ভক্তঃ প্রাকৃতঃ স্মৃতঃ ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
अर्चायाम् एव हरये पूजां यःश्रद्धयेहते न तद्-भक्तेषु चान्येषु स भक्तः प्राकृतः स्मृतः ॥ १४९ ॥
arcāyām eva haraye pūjāṃ yaḥśraddhayehate na tad-bhakteṣu cānyeṣu sa bhaktaḥ prākṛtaḥ smṛtaḥ || 149 ||
arcayam eva haraye pujam yahsraddhayehate na tad-bhaktesu canyesu sa bhaktah prakrtah smrtah (149)
English translation:
(149) “A devotee who faithfully engages in the worship of the Deity in the temple but does not behave properly toward other devotees or people in general is called a prākṛta-bhakta, a materialistic devotee, and is considered to be in the lowest position.”