Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.3.528, 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 528 of Antya-khanda chapter 3—“Mahaprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal”.
Verse 3.3.528
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.3.528:
না বাখানে ভক্তি, ভাগবত যে পডায ব্যর্থ বাক্য ব্যয করে, অপরাধ পায ॥ ৫২৮ ॥
ना वाखाने भक्ति, भागवत ये पडाय व्यर्थ वाक्य व्यय करे, अपराध पाय ॥ ५२८ ॥
nā vākhāne bhakti, bhāgavata ye paḍāya vyartha vākya vyaya kare, aparādha pāya || 528 ||
na vakhane bhakti, bhagavata ye padaya vyartha vakya vyaya kare, aparadha paya (528)
English translation:
(528) One who teaches Śrīmad Bhāgavatam but does not explain devotional service speaks uselessly and commits offense.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
If nondevotees recite Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, their words are useless. Moreover, they are drowned in an ocean of offenses. This inauspiciousness results from their disrespect to devotional service. See Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (12.12.51 and 12.12.49).