Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.5.701, 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 701 of Antya-khanda chapter 5—“The Pastimes of Nityananda”.
Verse 3.5.701
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.701:
যে ব্রাহ্মণ নিত্যানন্দ-স্বরূপ না মানে তাহারে লওযায সেই চোর-দস্যু-গণে ॥ ৭০১ ॥
ये ब्राह्मण नित्यानन्द-स्वरूप ना माने ताहारे लओयाय सेइ चोर-दस्यु-गणे ॥ ७०१ ॥
ye brāhmaṇa nityānanda-svarūpa nā māne tāhāre laoyāya sei cora-dasyu-gaṇe || 701 ||
ye brahmana nityananda-svarupa na mane tahare laoyaya sei cora-dasyu-gane (701)
English translation:
(701) Any brāhmaṇa who does not accept Nityānanda Svarūpa is counted among the thieves and rogues.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
If even the topmost brāhmaṇa endowed with humility and knowledge does not accept subordination to Śrī Nityānanda Svarūpa, then that foolish brāhmaṇa is welcomed by rogues and thieves as one of their own,
or Śrī Nityānanda includes him in the category of rogues and thieves.