Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.50, 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 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.50
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.50:
চৈতন্য-চন্দ্রের যশে যার মনে দুঃখ কোন জন্মে আশ্রমে নাহিক তার সুখ ॥ ৫০ ॥
चैतन्य-चन्द्रेर यशे यार मने दुःख कोन जन्मे आश्रमे नाहिक तार सुख ॥ ५० ॥
caitanya-candrera yaśe yāra mane duḥkha kona janme āśrame nāhika tāra sukha || 50 ||
caitanya-candrera yase yara mane duhkha kona janme asrame nahika tara sukha (50)
English translation:
(50) One who feels unhappy on hearing the glories of Lord Caitanya does not attain happiness in any birth or in any āśrama.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Those who feel unhappy on hearing about each of Mahāprabhu’s activities and glories are never able to achieve happiness in any birth or āśrama.