Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.22.85, 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 85 of Madhya-khanda chapter 22—“Delivering Shacidevi from Offense and Descriptions of Nityananda’s Qualities”.

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Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.22.85:

যত অধ্যাপক সব—তর্ক সে বাখানে কৃষ্ণ-ভক্তি, কৃষ্ণ-পূজাকিছুই না জানে ॥ ৮৫ ॥

यत अध्यापक सब—तर्क से वाखाने कृष्ण-भक्ति, कृष्ण-पूजाकिछुइ ना जाने ॥ ८५ ॥

yata adhyāpaka saba—tarka se vākhāne kṛṣṇa-bhakti, kṛṣṇa-pūjākichui nā jāne || 85 ||

yata adhyapaka saba—tarka se vakhane krsna-bhakti, krsna-pujakichui na jane (85)

English translation:

(85) All the teachers simply indulged in useless argument. They did not know anything about the worship of Kṛṣṇa or the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

While attempting to establish the prominence of useless mundane arguments, the learned teachers failed to understand that service to Kṛṣṇa and worship of Kṛṣṇa are supreme.

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