Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.312, 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 312 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.312
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.312:
নিন্দায না বাডে ধর্ম—সবে পাপ লাভ এতেকে না করে নিন্দা সব মহাভাগ ॥ ৩১২ ॥
निन्दाय ना बाडे धर्म—सबे पाप लाभ एतेके ना करे निन्दा सब महाभाग ॥ ३१२ ॥
nindāya nā bāḍe dharma—sabe pāpa lābha eteke nā kare nindā saba mahābhāga || 312 ||
nindaya na bade dharma—sabe papa labha eteke na kare ninda saba mahabhaga (312)
English translation:
(312) Blasphemy does not enhance one’s religious principles, it only results in sin. That is why fortunate souls do not engage in blasphemy.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The devotees of the Lord do not blaspheme anyone in this world. One who blasphemes others is known as “sinful” or “irreligious.” To attribute on someone faults that are not present is called blasphemy. Being induced by irrelevant goals, those who are unable to tolerate the glorification of others and with a desire to attack them unfairly attribute faults on them continually meet with inauspiciousness day after day. A person who out of envy attributes faults on an irreproachable Vaiṣṇava must go to the hell known as Kumbhīpāka and suffer severe miseries. Those sinful persons who cannot understand that sarva-mahāguṇa-gaṇa vaiṣṇava- śarīre—“all good qualities are present in the body of a Vaiṣṇava,” and who consider that non-Vaiṣṇavas are equal to Vaiṣṇavas can never achieve any benefit. To criticize the behavior of nondevotees is called
sad-upadeśa, or good instruction. Other than devotional service to Viṣṇu, all activities of the living entities are condemnable. Sinful people often engage in abominable activities on the pretext of devotional service to Viṣṇu. Instructions to give up these activities should not be called nindā, or blasphemy.