Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.8.134, 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 134 of Antya-khanda chapter 8—“Mahaprabhu’s Water Sports in Narendra- sarovara”.
Verse 3.8.134
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.134:
আরো বলে—“চৈতন্য বেদান্ত পাঠ ছাডি’ কি কার্যে বা করেন কীর্তন-হুডাহুডি ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
आरो बले—“चैतन्य वेदान्त पाठ छाडि’ कि कार्ये वा करेन कीर्तन-हुडाहुडि ॥ १३४ ॥
āro bale—“caitanya vedānta pāṭha chāḍi’ ki kārye vā karena kīrtana-huḍāhuḍi || 134 ||
aro bale—“caitanya vedanta patha chadi’ ki karye va karena kirtana-hudahudi (134)
English translation:
(134) They would say, “Why did Caitanya leave the study of Vedānta to make a big show of kīrtana?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The impersonalistic so-called Vedāntists who cannot understand the actual purport of Vedānta become arrogant with pride over their knowledge nourished by false-ego rather than becoming intoxicated with ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. They are logicians, self-proclaimed scholars, averse to service, and bewildered by false ego.
In the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (11.181) the Viṣṇu-dharmottara is quoted as follows:
ṛg-vedo hi yajur-vedaḥ sāma-vedo ‘py atharvaṇa ḥadhītās tena yenoktaṃ harir ity akṣara-dvayam
“A person who chants the two syllables ha-ri has already studied the four
Vedas—Sāma, Ṛg, Yajur, and Atharva.”
In the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (11.182) the Skanda Purāṇa is quoted as follows:
māṛco mā yajus tāta mā sāma paṭha kiñcana govindeti harer nāma geyaṃ gāyasva nityaśaḥ
“My dear son, there is no need to study the Ṛg Veda, there is no need to study the Yajur Veda, and there is no need to study the Sāma Veda. Just always chant the holy names of Hari such as Govinda.”
The Padma Purāṇa is quoted in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (11.183) as follows:
viṣṇor ekaika-nāmāpi sarva-vedādhikaṃ matam tādṛk nāma-sahasreṇa rāma-nāma-samaṃ smṛtam
“One name of Lord Viṣṇu is superior to all the Vedas, and one name of Lord Rāma is equal to a thousand names of Viṣṇu.” See also Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (3.33.7). In the Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa (25.54) it is stated:
vedāntābhyāsa nirataḥ śānto dānto jitendriyaḥ nirdvandvo nirahaṅkāro nirmamaḥ sarvadā bhavet
“Persons who study Vedānta are always peaceful, forgiving, self- controlled, and free from dualities, false ego, and false sense of proprietorship.”