Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.22.128, 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 128 of Madhya-khanda chapter 22—“Delivering Shacidevi from Offense and Descriptions of Nityananda’s Qualities”.
Verse 2.22.128
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.22.128:
বৈষ্ণবের নিন্দা করিবেক যার গণ তার রক্ষা-সামর্থ্য নাহিক কোন জন ॥ ১২৮ ॥
वैष्णवेर निन्दा करिबेक यार गण तार रक्षा-सामर्थ्य नाहिक कोन जन ॥ १२८ ॥
vaiṣṇavera nindā karibeka yāra gaṇa tāra rakṣā-sāmarthya nāhika kona jana || 128 ||
vaisnavera ninda karibeka yara gana tara raksa-samarthya nahika kona jana (128)
English translation:
(128) A Vaiṣṇava is unable to protect any of his followers who engage in blasphemy of Vaiṣṇavas.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
If a so-called disciple of a Vaiṣṇava blasphemes another Vaiṣṇava, the Vaiṣṇava guru will never protect such a disciple. If one disrespects Śrī
Nityānanda and tries to become intimate with those who eulogize Advaita, Advaita Prabhu will never approve of such a philosophy. Those who after attaining the position of spiritual master either personally engage in blasphemy of Vaiṣṇavas or support their followers’ blasphemy of Vaiṣṇavas certainly become degraded.