Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.157, 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 157 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.
Verse 3.4.157
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.157:
কোন্ বা সাহসে তুমি এ-মত বচন জিহ্বায আনিলা, ইহা না বুঝি কারণ ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
कोन् वा साहसे तुमि ए-मत वचन जिह्वाय आनिला, इहा ना बुझि कारण ॥ १५७ ॥
kon vā sāhase tumi e-mata vacana jihvāya ānilā, ihā nā bujhi kāraṇa || 157 ||
kon va sahase tumi e-mata vacana jihvaya anila, iha na bujhi karana (157)
English translation:
(157) “How do You dare say such a thing? I don’t understand the reason. When the five-year-old child, Śrī Acyutānanda, heard Śrī Advaita Prabhu say that Keśava Bhāratī was Śrī Caitanyadeva’s spiritual master, he
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
became very angry and said, “This is Kali-yuga. Otherwise how can one
say that Keśava Bhāratī is Śrī Caitanyadeva’s spiritual master?” The attempt to belittle the Supreme Lord with a tongue suitable for persons of Kali-yuga is indicative of Śrī Advaita Prabhu’s audacity. Did Advaita Prabhu make such a statement under the influence of the Lord’s illusory energy, which bewilders even demigods like Brahmā and Śiva? Only living entities conditioned by māyā can speak such absurd statements.