Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.17.6, 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 6 of Madhya-khanda chapter 17—“The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvipa and Descriptions of the Devotees’ Glories”.
Verse 2.17.6
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.17.6:
ব্যাকরণ-শাস্ত্রে সবে বিদ্যার আদান ভট্টাচার্য প্রতি ও নাহিক তৃণ-জ্ঞান ॥ ৬ ॥
व्याकरण-शास्त्रे सबे विद्यार आदान भट्टाचार्य प्रति ओ नाहिक तृण-ज्ञान ॥ ६ ॥
vyākaraṇa-śāstre sabe vidyāra ādāna bhaṭṭācārya prati o nāhika tṛṇa-jñāna || 6 ||
vyakarana-sastre sabe vidyara adana bhattacarya prati o nahika trna-jnana (6)
English translation:
(6) The Lord considered the Bhaṭṭācāryas, who were supposed to be learned in grammar, as no better than a blade of grass.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The branch of the Vedas known as vyākaraṇa, or grammar, is said to be the mouth of the personified Vedas. Grammar is the source of perfection
for all kinds of knowledge. Mahāprabhu did not show much respect to those who established themselves as teachers for imparting knowledge, rather He disregarded them by manifesting His ingenuity.