Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.25.20, 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 20 of Madhya-khanda chapter 25—“The Discourse on Spiritual Knowledge by Shrivasa’s Dead Son”.
Verse 2.25.20
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.25.20:
কুলে, রূপে, ধনে বা বিদ্যায কিছু নয প্রেম-যোগে ভজিলে সে কৃষ্ণ তুষ্ট হয ॥ ২০ ॥
कुले, रूपे, धने वा विद्याय किछु नय प्रेम-योगे भजिले से कृष्ण तुष्ट हय ॥ २० ॥
kule, rūpe, dhane vā vidyāya kichu naya prema-yoge bhajile se kṛṣṇa tuṣṭa haya || 20 ||
kule, rupe, dhane va vidyaya kichu naya prema-yoge bhajile se krsna tusta haya (20)
English translation:
(20) Good birth, beauty, wealth, and education are useless. Kṛṣṇa is pleased if one worships Him with love.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
One cannot develop love of God on the strength of high birth, physical beauty, great wealth, or keen intelligence; rather, if one cultivates love of God by favorably engaging these, then the Supreme Lord becomes pleased. A jñānīis superior to the karmi, a devotee freed from the clutches of jñāna is superior to the jñānī, a devotee situated in ecstatic love is still superior, and they are each considered progressively qualified
in the development of love for Kṛṣṇa.