Chaitanya Bhagavata

by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words

The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.4.369, 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 369 of Antya-khanda chapter 4—“Descriptions of Shri Acyutananda’s Pastimes and the Worship of Shri Madhavendra”.

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.4.369:

“কিছু না জানিলুঙ্ মুঞি আপনা’ খাইযা বৈষ্ণবের নিন্দা কৈলুঙ্ প্রমত্ত হৈযা ॥ ৩৬৯ ॥

“किछु ना जानिलुङ् मुञि आपना’ खाइया वैष्णवेर निन्दा कैलुङ् प्रमत्त हैया ॥ ३६९ ॥

“kichu nā jāniluṅ muñi āpanā’ khāiyā vaiṣṇavera nindā kailuṅ pramatta haiyā || 369 ||

“kichu na janilun muni apana’ khaiya vaisnavera ninda kailun pramatta haiya (369)

English translation:

(369) “I did not know anything. Out of madness I ruined myself by blaspheming a Vaiṣṇava.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The leper said, “Out of madness I have blasphemed a Vaiṣṇava without understanding his glories. I have already suffered the punishment that was destined for my offense. You alone know the atonement for my offense.” In reply, the Lord said, “This ordinary suffering is just the beginning. Unlimited further suffering is given by Yamarāja to the blasphemer of a Vaiṣṇava. Yamarāja awards eighty-four thousand varieties of punishment. An offense is nullified only when the person who was offended forgives the offender just as a thorn is taken out from where it entered by the help of another thorn.”

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