Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.6.35, 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 35 of Antya-khanda chapter 6—“The Glories of Shri Nityananda Prabhu”.
Verse 3.6.35
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.6.35:
গর্হিত করযে যদি মহা-অধিকারী নিন্দার কি দায, তাঙ্রে হাসিলেই মরি ॥ ৩৫ ॥
गर्हित करये यदि महा-अधिकारी निन्दार कि दाय, ताङ्रे हासिलेइ मरि ॥ ३५ ॥
garhita karaye yadi mahā-adhikārī nindāra ki dāya, tāṅre hāsilei mari || 35 ||
garhita karaye yadi maha-adhikari nindara ki daya, tanre hasilei mari (35)
English translation:
(35) “What to speak of criticizing, if a person even laughs at a qualified person who performs an immoral activity, he is vanquished.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Persons who are qualified mahā-bhāgavatas are not to be criticized by those who are less qualified. A person who ridicules the activities of a
mahā-bhāgavata is inevitably degraded. By hearing Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
from a Vaiṣṇava guru, all these topics can be properly understood. In the Skanda Purāṇa (Maheśvara-khaṇḍa 17.106) it is stated:
sādhūnāṃ sama-cittānām upahāsaṃ karoti yaḥdevo vāpy athavā martyaḥ sa vijñeyo ‘dhamādhamaḥ
“One who ridicules a devotee who sees everyone equally should be understood to be most fallen, whether he is a demigod or a mortal being.”