Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.95, 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 95 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.95
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.95:
স্ত্রৈণ-মদ্যপেরে প্রভু অনুগ্রহ করে নিন্দক বেদান্তী যদি, তথাপি সংহারে ॥ ৯৫ ॥
स्त्रैण-मद्यपेरे प्रभु अनुग्रह करे निन्दक वेदान्ती यदि, तथापि संहारे ॥ ९५ ॥
straiṇa-madyapere prabhu anugraha kare nindaka vedāntī yadi, tathāpi saṃhāre || 95 ||
straina-madyapere prabhu anugraha kare nindaka vedanti yadi, tathapi samhare (95)
English translation:
(95) The Lord bestowed mercy on womanizers and drunkards, but He annihilates blasphemers even if they are well-versed in Vedānta.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Ordinary people who are intoxicated by material enjoyment and who follow worldly morality give more respect to impersonalists than to drunkards and womanizers, but the supremely independent Lord, who is most merciful to the living entities, does not approve of their consideration, which is born of external perception. Realizing that the conception of the Vedāntists who are averse to the Vaiṣṇavas is completely opposed to devotional service, He refutes it. And He displays compassion on the weak, the womanizers, and the drunkards according to their respective qualifications.