Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.23, 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 23 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.23
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.23:
`করিব, করিব’—কেহ বলযে সন্তোষে কেহ বলে,—“দুই-জন ক্ষিপ্ত মন্ত্র-দোষে ॥ ২৩ ॥
`करिब, करिब’—केह बलये सन्तोषे केह बले,—“दुइ-जन क्षिप्त मन्त्र-दोषे ॥ २३ ॥
`kariba, kariba’—keha balaye santoṣe keha bale,—“dui-jana kṣipta mantra-doṣe || 23 ||
`kariba, kariba’—keha balaye santose keha bale,—“dui-jana ksipta mantra-dose (23)
English translation:
(23) Some happily said, “We will do. We will do.” Others said, “These two are crazy because of bad advice.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Being pleased by the instructive appeal, the sujanas agreed to follow the request, whereas some unfortunate people considered that they were under the influence of madness.
The phrase mantra-doṣe means “faulty consoling or advice.” As a result of distorting the actual meaning of good console one obtains inauspiciousness.