Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.2.394, 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 394 of Antya-khanda chapter 2—“Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneshvara and Other Placesto Jagannatha Puri”.
Verse 3.2.394
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.394:
যে আমার ভক্ত হৈ তোমা’ অনাদরে সে আমারে মাত্র যেন বিডম্বনা করে” ॥ ৩৯৪ ॥
ये आमार भक्त है तोमा’ अनादरे से आमारे मात्र येन विडम्बना करे” ॥ ३९४ ॥
ye āmāra bhakta hai tomā’ anādare se āmāre mātra yena viḍambanā kare” || 394 ||
ye amara bhakta hai toma’ anadare se amare matra yena vidambana kare” (394)
English translation:
(394) “If one of My devotees disrespects you, he simply creates disturbance for Me.”
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Mahādeva was instructed to live in Bhuvaneśvara-kṣetra to his full satisfaction. No devotee of Viṣṇu should disrespect him. Anyone who does so will fall from the devotional service of the Supreme Lord. This benediction was given to Mahādeva.