Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.59, 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 59 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.59
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.59:
ধর্ম-অর্থ-কাম-মোক্ষ—আপনে আইসে তথাপিহ না চায না লয মোর দাসে ॥ ৫৯ ॥
धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्ष—आपने आइसे तथापिह ना चाय ना लय मोर दासे ॥ ५९ ॥
dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa—āpane āise tathāpiha nā cāya nā laya mora dāse || 59 ||
dharma-artha-kama-moksa—apane aise tathapiha na caya na laya mora dase (59)
English translation:
(59) “Even though religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation automatically come to My servants, they do not look at them or accept them.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.29.13) it is stated:
sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya- sārūpyaikatvam apy uta dīyamānaṃ na gṛhṇanti vinā mat-sevanaṃ janāḥ
“A pure devotee does not accept any kind of liberation—sālokya, sārṣṭi, sāmīpya, sārūpya, or ekatva—even though they are offered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”