Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.23.44, 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 44 of Madhya-khanda chapter 23—“Wandering about Navadvipa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi”.
Verse 2.23.44
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.44:
সন্ন্যাসী ও মোর যদি না লয শরণ সেহ মোর নহে, সত্য বলিলুঙ্ বচন ॥ ৪৪ ॥
सन्न्यासी ओ मोर यदि ना लय शरण सेह मोर नहे, सत्य बलिलुङ् वचन ॥ ४४ ॥
sannyāsī o mora yadi nā laya śaraṇa seha mora nahe, satya baliluṅ vacana || 44 ||
sannyasi o mora yadi na laya sarana seha mora nahe, satya balilun vacana (44)
English translation:
(44) “If even a sannyāsī does not surrender to Me, he is not Mine. This is the truth I am telling you.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
If even a sannyāsī situated in the topmost āśrama becomes averse to the service of the Supreme Lord, then it is a fact that such a person should not be accepted as dear to the Supreme Lord.