Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.23, 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 23 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.23
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.23:
মহাচিন্ত্য ভাগবত সর্ব-শাস্ত্রে গায ইহা না বুঝিযে বিদ্যা, তপ, প্রতিষ্ঠায ॥ ২৩ ॥
महाचिन्त्य भागवत सर्व-शास्त्रे गाय इहा ना बुझिये विद्या, तप, प्रतिष्ठाय ॥ २३ ॥
mahācintya bhāgavata sarva-śāstre gāya ihā nā bujhiye vidyā, tapa, pratiṣṭhāya || 23 ||
mahacintya bhagavata sarva-sastre gaya iha na bujhiye vidya, tapa, pratisthaya (23)
English translation:
(23) All the scriptures glorify Śrīmad Bhāgavatam as the most sublime literature, yet this cannot be understood through education, austerity, or fame.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
All scriptures give evidence that one can never understand the purport of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam as long as one is absorbed in mundane enjoyment or mundane renunciation. Therefore as long as one cultivates mundane education, mundane austerity, or mundane fame, there is no possibility of understanding the Supreme Lord’s topics, which belong to the kingdom beyond material perception.