Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.6.173, 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 173 of Madhya-khanda chapter 6—“The Lord’s Meeting with Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 2.6.173
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.6.173:
গ্রন্থ পডি’ মুণ্ড মুডি’ কারো বুদ্ধি-নাশ নিত্যানন্দ-নিন্দা করে যাইবেক নাশ ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
ग्रन्थ पडि’ मुण्ड मुडि’ कारो बुद्धि-नाश नित्यानन्द-निन्दा करे याइबेक नाश ॥ १७३ ॥
grantha paḍi’ muṇḍa muḍi’ kāro buddhi-nāśa nityānanda-nindā kare yāibeka nāśa || 173 ||
grantha padi’ munda mudi’ karo buddhi-nasa nityananda-ninda kare yaibeka nasa (173)
English translation:
(173) Someone who studies the scriptures and shaves his head may nevertheless lose his intelligence, for one who blasphemes Nityānanda is certainly doomed.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
If persons who are averse to the service of the Lord read the scriptures
and speak nonsense while remaining proud of their knowledge, they certainly lose their intelligence through their cultivation of knowledge. Without understanding the extraordinary characteristics of Nityānanda, they welcome their own destruction. It is stated in the Nārada-pañcarātra as follows:
vedaiḥ purāṇaiḥ siddhāntair bhinnair vibhrānta-cetasaḥni ścayaṃ nādhigacchanti
kiṃ tattvaṃ kiṃ paraṃ padam
“Persons bewildered by the conclusions of the Vedas, Purāṇas, and other scriptures cannot perfectly know the truth regarding the Supreme Lord and His supreme abode Vaikuṇṭha.”