Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.390, 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 390 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.390:

হেন বৈষ্ণব নিন্দে যদি সর্বজ্ঞ হৈ সে জনের অধঃপাত—সর্ব শাস্ত্রে কৈ ॥ ৩৯০ ॥

हेन वैष्णव निन्दे यदि सर्वज्ञ है से जनेर अधःपात—सर्व शास्त्रे कै ॥ ३९० ॥

hena vaiṣṇava ninde yadi sarvajña hai se janera adhaḥpāta—sarva śāstre kai || 390 ||

hena vaisnava ninde yadi sarvajna hai se janera adhahpata—sarva sastre kai (390)

English translation:

(390) In all scriptures it is stated that if an all-knowing person blasphemes a Vaiṣṇava, he will certainly fall down.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Even after achieving all perfection, a person who criticizes a Vaiṣṇava certainly falls down. This is the verdict of all scriptures.

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