Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.16.127, 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 127 of Madhya-khanda chapter 16—“The Lord’s Acceptance of Shuklambara’s Rice”.
Verse 2.16.127
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.16.127:
প্রভু বলে,—“তোর খুদ-কণ মুঞি খাঙ অভক্তের অমৃত উলটি’ নাহি চাঙ” ॥ ১২৭ ॥
प्रभु बले,—“तोर खुद-कण मुञि खाङ अभक्तेर अमृत उलटि’ नाहि चाङ” ॥ १२७ ॥
prabhu bale,—“tora khuda-kaṇa muñi khāṅa abhaktera amṛta ulaṭi’ nāhi cāṅa” || 127 ||
prabhu bale,—“tora khuda-kana muni khana abhaktera amrta ulati’ nahi cana” (127)
English translation:
(127) The Lord replied, “I eat your broken rice, and I turn My face away from the nectar offered by nondevotees.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.81.3) it is stated:
aṇv apy upāhṛtaṃ bhaktaiḥ premṇā bhury eva me bhavet bhūry apy abhaktopahṛtaṃ na me toṣāya kalpate
“I regard as great even the smallest gift offered by My devotees in pure love, but even great offerings presented by nondevotees do not please Me.”