Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.13.397, 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 397 of Madhya-khanda chapter 13—“The Deliverance of Jagai and Madhai”.
Verse 2.13.397
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.397:
হেন-প্রভু-বিরহে যে পাপি-প্রাণ রহে সবে পরমাযু-গুণ,—আর কিছু নহে ॥ ৩৯৭ ॥
हेन-प्रभु-विरहे ये पापि-प्राण रहे सबे परमायु-गुण,—आर किछु नहे ॥ ३९७ ॥
hena-prabhu-virahe ye pāpi-prāṇa rahe sabe paramāyu-guṇa,—āra kichu nahe || 397 ||
hena-prabhu-virahe ye papi-prana rahe sabe paramayu-guna,—ara kichu nahe (397)
English translation:
(397) A sinful life devoid of the association of such a Lord has no benefit other than its long duration.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Mahāprabhu is most merciful and sees no faults in others. He is not even slightly offended by one’s offenses. The life of a sinful person who maintains his life devoid of the service of that Mahāprabhu is useless; he continues his life simply due to his past karma. But such an existence is
never praiseworthy.