Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.8, 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 8 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.8
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.8:
অগোচরে দূরে থাকি’ মিলি দশ-পাঞ্চে মন্দ মাত্র বলে, যম-ঘরে যায পাছে ॥ ৮ ॥
अगोचरे दूरे थाकि’ मिलि दश-पाञ्चे मन्द मात्र बले, यम-घरे याय पाछे ॥ ८ ॥
agocare dūre thāki’ mili daśa-pāñce manda mātra bale, yama-ghare yāya pāche || 8 ||
agocare dure thaki’ mili dasa-pance manda matra bale, yama-ghare yaya pache (8)
English translation:
(8) Hidden in the distance, five or ten people gathered together and spoke bad words that would take them to hell.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Ordinary unqualified people who blaspheme the process of worshiping the Supreme Lord are punished by Yamarāja after they die.