Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.238, 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 238 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.238
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.238:
বৈষ্ণব চিনিতে পারে কাহার শকতি আছযে সকল সিদ্ধি, দেখযে দুর্গতি ॥ ২৩৮ ॥
वैष्णव चिनिते पारे काहार शकति आछये सकल सिद्धि, देखये दुर्गति ॥ २३८ ॥
vaiṣṇava cinite pāre kāhāra śakati āchaye sakala siddhi, dekhaye durgati || 238 ||
vaisnava cinite pare kahara sakati achaye sakala siddhi, dekhaye durgati (238)
English translation:
(238) Who has the ability to recognize a Vaiṣṇava? Although a Vaiṣṇava possesses all perfection, he appears to be afflicted.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Foolish people maddened with worldly knowledge cannot recognize a Vaiṣṇava. All perfections are within the grip of a Vaiṣṇava, but he is indifferent to those perfections. Therefore in the vision of foolish people he is completely distressed and afflicted.