Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.40, 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 40 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.40
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.40:
অনাশ্রিতঃ কর্ম-ফলং কার্যং কর্ম করোতি যঃস সন্ন্যাসী চ যোগী চ ন নিরগ্নির্ ন চাক্রিযঃ ॥ ৪০ ॥
अनाश्रितः कर्म-फलं कार्यं कर्म करोति यःस सन्न्यासी च योगी च न निरग्निर् न चाक्रियः ॥ ४० ॥
anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥsa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ || 40 ||
anasritah karma-phalam karyam karma karoti yahsa sannyasi ca yogi ca na niragnir na cakriyah (40)
English translation:
(40) “One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and who works as he is obligated is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic, not he who lights no fire and performs no duty.”