Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.264, 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 264 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.264
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.264:
হেন নাম অজামিল কৈলা উচ্চারণ তেঞি চিত্র নহে অজামিলের মোচন ॥ ২৬৪ ॥
हेन नाम अजामिल कैला उच्चारण तेञि चित्र नहे अजामिलेर मोचन ॥ २६४ ॥
hena nāma ajāmila kailā uccāraṇa teñi citra nahe ajāmilera mocana || 264 ||
hena nama ajamila kaila uccarana teni citra nahe ajamilera mocana (264)
English translation:
(264) “Such a name was vibrated by Ajāmila, so his deliverance was not very wonderful.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Ajāmila was engaged in various sinful activities. He became freed from them by the influence of chanting the Lord’s holy name. Sinful activities such as killing brāhmaṇas are not destroyed by chanting the transcendental names in the misconceptions that arise in ordinary thought by considering the transcendental names as mundane sound vibration. But those who are acquainted with knowledge of sambandha, abhidheya, and prayojana can certainly understand that it is not at all wonderful for Ajāmila to attain liberation as a result of chanting the transcendental holy names.