Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.9.244, 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 244 of Madhya-khanda chapter 9—“The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Shridhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics”.
Verse 2.9.244
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.9.244:
প্রেম-ভক্তি হয প্রভু-চরণারবিন্দে সেই কৃষ্ণ পায, যে বৈষ্ণব নাহি নিন্দে ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
प्रेम-भक्ति हय प्रभु-चरणारविन्दे सेइ कृष्ण पाय, ये वैष्णव नाहि निन्दे ॥ २४४ ॥
prema-bhakti haya prabhu-caraṇāravinde sei kṛṣṇa pāya, ye vaiṣṇava nāhi ninde || 244 ||
prema-bhakti haya prabhu-caranaravinde sei krsna paya, ye vaisnava nahi ninde (244)
English translation:
(244) One who does not blaspheme the Vaiṣṇavas attains Kṛṣṇa by developing love and devotion at His lotus feet.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One who does not blaspheme the Vaiṣṇava devotee, who accepts a Vaiṣṇava as his spiritual master, who remains far away from so-called gurus that are devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu and are gurus in name only, who does not glorify the abominable activities of such so-called gurus, and who with a desire to benefit the entire world broadcasts the insignificance of such persons’ activities—such a person attains pure devotional service at the lotus feet of Śrī Mahāprabhu, and by the mercy of Gaura-Nityānanda he attains the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.