Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.1.276, 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 276 of Antya-khanda chapter 1—“Meeting Again at the House of Shri Advaita Acarya”.
Verse 3.1.276
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.276:
করুণা-সাগর গৌরচন্দ্র মহাশয দোষ নাহি দেখে প্রভু, গুণ-মাত্র লয ॥ ২৭৬ ॥
करुणा-सागर गौरचन्द्र महाशय दोष नाहि देखे प्रभु, गुण-मात्र लय ॥ २७६ ॥
karuṇā-sāgara gauracandra mahāśaya doṣa nāhi dekhe prabhu, guṇa-mātra laya || 276 ||
karuna-sagara gauracandra mahasaya dosa nahi dekhe prabhu, guna-matra laya (276)
English translation:
(276) Lord Gauracandra is an ocean of mercy. He does not see anyone’s faults, but sees only their good qualities.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Since the Lord only accepts the good qualities of the fault-filled living entities, He is known as guṇa-grāhī, He who sees only the good in others. He does not find any fault in others. Unless the fallen souls are inspired by Him, they can never deliver themselves.
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.2.23) it is stated:
aho bakī yaṃ stana-kāla-kūṭaṃ jighāṃsayāpāyayad apy asādhvī lebhe gatiṃ dhātry-ucitāṃ tato ‘nyaṃ kaṃ vā dayāluṃ śaraṇam vrajema
“Alas, how shall I take shelter of one more merciful than He who granted the position of mother to a she-demon [Pūtanā] although she was unfaithful and she prepared deadly poison to be sucked from her breast?”