Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.26.30, 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 30 of Madhya-khanda chapter 26—“Descriptions of the Mercy Bestowed on Shuklambara and Vijay and the Lord’s Desire to Accept Sannyasa”.
Verse 2.26.30
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.26.30:
যে প্রসাদ পাযেন ভিক্ষুক শুক্লাম্বর দেখুক অভক্ত যত পাপী কোটীশ্বর ॥ ৩০ ॥
ये प्रसाद पायेन भिक्षुक शुक्लाम्बर देखुक अभक्त यत पापी कोटीश्वर ॥ ३० ॥
ye prasāda pāyena bhikṣuka śuklāmbara dekhuka abhakta yata pāpī koṭīśvara || 30 ||
ye prasada payena bhiksuka suklambara dekhuka abhakta yata papi kotisvara (30)
English translation:
(30) Let the sinful, nondevotee millionaires see the mercy that the beggar Śuklāmbara received.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
It is not true that if one has hundreds of millions of dollars one can feed the Supreme Lord. The poverty-stricken Śuklāmbara satisfied Śrī Gaurasundara with the rice that he collected by begging. Sinful
nondevotees cannot understand these topics.