Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.26, 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 26 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.26
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.26:
এই মত অদ্বৈতের চরিত্র অগাধ সুকৃতির ভাল, দুষ্কৃতির কার্য-বাধ ॥ ২৬ ॥
एइ मत अद्वैतेर चरित्र अगाध सुकृतिर भाल, दुष्कृतिर कार्य-वाध ॥ २६ ॥
ei mata advaitera caritra agādha sukṛtira bhāla, duṣkṛtira kārya-vādha || 26 ||
ei mata advaitera caritra agadha sukrtira bhala, duskrtira karya-vadha (26)
English translation:
(26) Such are the unfathomable characteristics of Advaita Prabhu. They are auspicious for the devotees and impediments for the miscreants.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Those who were fortunate understood the characteristics of the devotee Advaita and thus realized the supremacy of devotional service to the Lord. Those who were unfortunate and sinful could not understand the purpose of Advaita Prabhu and attained inauspiciousness by accepting impersonal jñāna as superior to devotional service. They obtained only impediments on their path of progress.