Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.19.196, 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 196 of Madhya-khanda chapter 19—“The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House”.
Verse 2.19.196
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.196:
যে তোরে লঙ্ঘিযা করে মোরে নমস্কার সে জন কাটিযাশির করে প্রতিকার ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
ये तोरे लङ्घिया करे मोरे नमस्कार से जन काटियाशिर करे प्रतिकार ॥ १९६ ॥
ye tore laṅghiyā kare more namaskāra se jana kāṭiyāśira kare pratikāra || 196 ||
ye tore langhiya kare more namaskara se jana katiyasira kare pratikara (196)
English translation:
(196) “One who transgresses You and offers Me obeisances is cutting off the head of his worshipable Lord and then trying to remedy the situation.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The service and the superficial rejection of false ego displayed by conditioned souls who are covered by the three modes of nature and who consider themselves the enjoyers and the doers of all activities are simply insults to the worshipable Lord. Darśana without service is simply an exhibition of aversion to the service of Hari by living entities inclined towards material enjoyment. Therefore the show of devotion offered to one’s material father, mother, friend, or lover is simply improper behavior intended to convert the worshipable object into a servant. The external show of service without the actual inclination for service is like severing the head of one’s worshipable object; in other words, it is meant to lord it over one’s worshipable object.