Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.72, 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 72 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.72
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.72:
বুঝিলাম, তুমি সে পডাও ভাগবত কোন জন্মে না জানহ গ্রন্থ-অভিমত ॥ ৭২ ॥
बुझिलाम, तुमि से पडाओ भागवत कोन जन्मे ना जानह ग्रन्थ-अभिमत ॥ ७२ ॥
bujhilāma, tumi se paḍāo bhāgavata kona janme nā jānaha grantha-abhimata || 72 ||
bujhilama, tumi se padao bhagavata kona janme na janaha grantha-abhimata (72)
English translation:
(72) “I can understand that even though you teach Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, you have not realized its purport in any of your lifetimes.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Although Devānanda was a teacher of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, birth after birth he never had the good fortune to understand the purport of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.