Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.32, 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 32 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.32
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.32:
জীবের স্বভাব-ধর্ম ঈশ্বর-ভজন তাহা ছাডি’ আপনারে বলে `নারাযণ’ ॥ ৩২ ॥
जीवेर स्वभाव-धर्म ईश्वर-भजन ताहा छाडि’ आपनारे बले `नारायण’ ॥ ३२ ॥
jīvera svabhāva-dharma īśvara-bhajana tāhā chāḍi’ āpanāre bale `nārāyaṇa’ || 32 ||
jivera svabhava-dharma isvara-bhajana taha chadi’ apanare bale `narayana’ (32)
English translation:
(32) “The constitutional duty of the living entity is to worship the Supreme Lord. But after taking sannyāsa, one gives up that worship and calls himself Nārāyaṇa.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (5.10.23) it is stated:
sva-dharmam ārādhanam acyutasya yad īhamāno vijahāty aghaugham
“If one is engaged in his own occupational duty as ordered by the Supreme Lord, his sinful activities are certainly diminished.” Also in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.2.33) it is stated:
manye ‘kutaścid-bhayam acyutasya pādāmbujopāsanam atra nityam
udvigna-buddher asad-ātma-bhāvād viśvātmanā yatra nivartate bhīḥ
“I consider that one whose intelligence is constantly disturbed by his falsely identifying himself with the temporary material world can achieve real freedom from fear only by worshiping the lotus feet of the infallible Supreme Lord. In such devotional service, all fear ceases entirely.”