Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.75, 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 75 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.75-078
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.75-078:
শুনিযা বচন দেবানন্দ দ্বিজবর লজ্জায রহিলা, কিছু না করে উত্তর ক্রোধাবেশে বলিযা চলিলা বিশ্বম্ভর দুঃখিত চলিলা দেবানন্দ নিজ-ঘর তথাপিহ দেবানন্দ বড পুণ্যবন্ত বচনে ও প্রভু যারে করিলেন দণ্ড চৈতন্যের দণ্ড মহা-সুকৃতি সে পায যাঙ্র দণ্ডে মরিলে বৈকুণ্ঠে লোক যায ॥ ৭৫-০৭৮ ॥
शुनिया वचन देवानन्द द्विजवर लज्जाय रहिला, किछु ना करे उत्तर क्रोधावेशे बलिया चलिला विश्वम्भर दुःखित चलिला देवानन्द निज-घर तथापिह देवानन्द बड पुण्यवन्त वचने ओ प्रभु यारे करिलेन दण्ड चैतन्येर दण्ड महा-सुकृति से पाय याङ्र दण्डे मरिले वैकुण्ठे लोक याय ॥ ७५-०७८ ॥
śuniyā vacana devānanda dvijavara lajjāya rahilā, kichu nā kare uttara krodhāveśe baliyā calilā viśvambhara duḥkhita calilā devānanda nija-ghara tathāpiha devānanda baḍa puṇyavanta vacane o prabhu yāre karilena daṇḍa caitanyera daṇḍa mahā-sukṛti se pāya yāṅra daṇḍe marile vaikuṇṭhe loka yāya || 75-078 ||
suniya vacana devananda dvijavara lajjaya rahila, kichu na kare uttara krodhavese baliya calila visvambhara duhkhita calila devananda nija-ghara tathapiha devananda bada punyavanta vacane o prabhu yare karilena danda caitanyera danda maha-sukrti se paya yanra dande marile vaikunthe loka yaya (75-078)
English translation:
(75-078) After hearing the Lord’s words, the exalted brāhmaṇa Devānanda felt ashamed and did not offer any reply. Viśvambhara departed after angrily chastising Devānanda, and Devānanda returned home in distress. Yet Devānanda was most fortunate, for the Lord personally
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
chastised him. Only a most fortunate person receives punishment from Lord Caitanya. If one dies as a result of the Lord’s punishment, he attains Vaikuṇṭha.
After hearing the words of Śrī Mahāprabhu, Devānanda felt ashamed. When Devānanda Paṇḍita received punishment in the form of the Lord’s chastisement, his good fortune was awakened. Those who are killed by Lord Viṣṇu attain liberation. Therefore the Lord’s verbal chastisement of Devānanda became the source of his future good fortune.