Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.24.99, 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 99 of Madhya-khanda chapter 24—“The Lord Displays His Universal Form to Advaita”.
Verse 2.24.99
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.99:
ঈশ্বরে সে ঈশ্বরের কলহের পাত্র কে বুঝিবে বিষ্ণু-বৈষ্ণবের লীলা মাত্র ॥ ৯৯ ॥
ईश्वरे से ईश्वरेर कलहेर पात्र के बुझिबे विष्णु-वैष्णवेर लीला मात्र ॥ ९९ ॥
īśvare se īśvarera kalahera pātra ke bujhibe viṣṇu-vaiṣṇavera līlā mātra || 99 ||
isvare se isvarera kalahera patra ke bujhibe visnu-vaisnavera lila matra (99)
English translation:
(99) Only the Supreme Lord is capable of quarreling with the Supreme Lord. Who can understand the pastimes of Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Viṣṇu and His eternal servant Vaiṣṇavas are Īśvaras, or Prabhus. Ordinary people cannot understand this. The disagreements created by particular manifestations of Viṣṇu between Themselves and the facade of quarreling among the Vaiṣṇavas for increasing their love for the Supreme Lord are
incomprehensible to ordinary people who are forced to enjoy the fruits of their karma. Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas are Īśvaras, or Prabhus, of living entities forced to enjoy the fruits of their karma. Therefore ignorant simple-minded people who consider the dealings between one Prabhu with another Vaiṣṇava Prabhu, or the apparent quarreling between Śrī Nityānanda and Śrī Advaita, equal to other ordinary dealings and thus enter into blasphemy and praise are simply foolish.