Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.240, 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 240 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.240
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.240:
কেহ বলে,—“পাসরিল সব অধ্যযন মাসেক না চাহিলে হয অবৈযাকরণ” ॥ ২৪০ ॥
केह बले,—“पासरिल सब अध्ययन मासेक ना चाहिले हय अवैयाकरण” ॥ २४० ॥
keha bale,—“pāsarila saba adhyayana māseka nā cāhile haya avaiyākaraṇa” || 240 ||
keha bale,—“pasarila saba adhyayana maseka na cahile haya avaiyakarana” (240)
English translation:
(240) Someone said, “He has stopped all studies, and if one does not study for a month, he forgets all grammar.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
“If one does not study grammar for a month, he automatically forgets all the sūtras. Therefore Nimāi Paṇḍita has forgotten all the lessons of grammar.”