Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.7.70, 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 70 of Madhya-khanda chapter 7—“The Meeting of Gadadhara and Pundarika”.
Verse 2.7.70
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.7.70:
শুনিযা ত’ ভাল ভক্তি আছিল ইহানে আছিলা যে ভক্তি, সেহ গেল দরশনে ॥ ৭০ ॥
शुनिया त’ भाल भक्ति आछिल इहाने आछिला ये भक्ति, सेह गेल दरशने ॥ ७० ॥
śuniyā ta’ bhāla bhakti āchila ihāne āchilā ye bhakti, seha gela daraśane || 70 ||
suniya ta’ bhala bhakti achila ihane achila ye bhakti, seha gela darasane (70)
English translation:
(70) Gadādhara had good faith in him after hearing about him, but now
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
that he saw him that faith was lost.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita Gosvāmī considered that remaining totally aloof from material enjoyment and maintaining strict celibacy were religious principles. But on seeing Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi’s items of enjoyment, he thought that Puṇḍarīka was devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu, a gross materialist, and a sense enjoyer. When he heard from Mukunda about the exalted position of Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi, he thought that Puṇḍarīka would be renounced from all external material enjoyment. But now, on seeing the opposite, his previously acquired faith was diminished.