Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.35, 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 35 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.35
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.35:
রহিযা রহিযা বলে প্রভু বিশ্বম্ভর “আজি কেন প্রেম-যোগ না পাঙ নির্ভর? ॥ ৩৫ ॥
रहिया रहिया बले प्रभु विश्वम्भर “आजि केन प्रेम-योग ना पाङ निर्भर? ॥ ३५ ॥
rahiyā rahiyā bale prabhu viśvambhara “āji kena prema-yoga nā pāṅa nirbhara? || 35 ||
rahiya rahiya bale prabhu visvambhara “aji kena prema-yoga na pana nirbhara? (35)
English translation:
(35) Lord Viśvambhara repeatedly stopped dancing and said, “Why am I not feeling any ecstasy today?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Yogis who are free from material activities and averse to the Lord’s name, form, qualities, associates, characteristics, and pastimes do not have any information about love of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, even though they are exalted in material calculation, their aversion to love of God, which is transcendental to the four goals of life, devours them. Although such bad association is considered desirable in the eyes of ordinary people, there is no possibility of attaining love of God in such association. Śrī Gaurasundara revealed that love of God is absent in the association of persons who are averse to love of God.