Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.181, 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 181 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.181
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.181:
পূর্বে যে পাষণ্ডী সব করিল নিন্দন তারা ও সপরিকরে করিল গমন ॥ ১৮১ ॥
पूर्वे ये पाषण्डी सब करिल निन्दन तारा ओ सपरिकरे करिल गमन ॥ १८१ ॥
pūrve ye pāṣaṇḍī saba karila nindana tārā o saparikare karila gamana || 181 ||
purve ye pasandi saba karila nindana tara o saparikare karila gamana (181)
English translation:
(181) Even the atheists who previously blasphemed the Lord went with their families to see the Lord.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
TEXT 182-183
gūḍha-rūpe navadvīpe labhilena janma “nā bujhiyā nindā karilāṅa tāna dharma
ebe lai giyā tāna caraṇe śaraṇa tabe saba aparādha haibe khaṇḍana”
Realizing that the Lord had secretly taken birth in Navadvīpa, they thought, “Without understanding, we have blasphemed His activities. Now if we go and take shelter at His lotus feet, our offenses will be counteracted.
Those atheists who were opposed to Śrī Mahāprabhu and who blasphemed Him during His residence in Śrīdhama Māyāpur also departed for Phuliyā to counteract their offenses when they understood that Śrī Mahāprabhu was there.
In the Skanda Purāṇa, Kumārikā-khaṇḍa of the Maheśvara-khaṇḍa, (7.101) it is stated:
tvayi vipratipathasya tvam eva śaraṇaṃ prabho bhūmau skhalita pādānāṃ bhūmir evāvalambanam
“O Lord, as the earth is the only shelter for those who slip and fall, You are the only shelter for misguided people.”