Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.20.50, 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 50 of Madhya-khanda chapter 20—“The Glories of Murari Gupta”.
Verse 2.20.50
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.20.50:
নিত্যানন্দে যাহার তিলেক দ্বেষ রহে দাস হৈলে ও সেই মোর প্রিয নহে ॥ ৫০ ॥
नित्यानन्दे याहार तिलेक द्वेष रहे दास हैले ओ सेइ मोर प्रिय नहे ॥ ५० ॥
nityānande yāhāra tileka dveṣa rahe dāsa haile o sei mora priya nahe || 50 ||
nityanande yahara tileka dvesa rahe dasa haile o sei mora priya nahe (50)
English translation:
(50) “If even My servant has the slightest envy for Nityānanda, he is not dear to Me.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Anyone who renounces the sense of respect for the lotus feet of Jagad- guru Śrī Nityānanda and discriminates against His service by considering Him equal to oneself loses all sense of discrimination.