Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.42, 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 42 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.42
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.42:
সন্ন্যাসি-সভায যদি হয নিন্দা-কর্ম মদ্যপের সভা হৈতে সে সভা অধর্ম ॥ ৪২ ॥
सन्न्यासि-सभाय यदि हय निन्दा-कर्म मद्यपेर सभा हैते से सभा अधर्म ॥ ४२ ॥
sannyāsi-sabhāya yadi haya nindā-karma madyapera sabhā haite se sabhā adharma || 42 ||
sannyasi-sabhaya yadi haya ninda-karma madyapera sabha haite se sabha adharma (42)
English translation:
(42) If an assembly of sannyāsīs indulges in blasphemy, then that assembly is more sinful than an assembly of drunkards.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
If the topmost community that abstains from worldly good and evil activities and that belongs to the highest āśrama of the best sampradāya engages in blasphemy of the Vaiṣṇavas, then it is to be understood that such a community is more sinful than a sinful community of drunkards.