Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.140, 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 140 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.140
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.140:
বিনা বিচারিযা কি সে সব মহাজন মুক্তি ছাডি’ ভক্তি কেনে মাগে অনুক্ষণ ॥ ১৪০ ॥
विना विचारिया कि से सब महाजन मुक्ति छाडि’ भक्ति केने मागे अनुक्षण ॥ १४० ॥
vinā vicāriyā ki se saba mahājana mukti chāḍi’ bhakti kene māge anukṣaṇa || 140 ||
vina vicariya ki se saba mahajana mukti chadi’ bhakti kene mage anuksana (140)
English translation:
(140) “Why would these mahājanas reject liberation and always beg for bhakti without careful consideration?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The path of the mahājanas and the purport of the Vedic literatures is pure devotional service. Those unfortunate people who cannot understand this become misguided and opposed to the principles of the Vedas.
Personalities like Brahmā and Śiva are devotees of the Supreme Lord. If jñāna was superior to devotional service, these mahājanas would never have accepted the path of bhakti, they would have remained jñānīs.
Through reasoning, Keśava Bhāratī showed that according to the considerations of the mahājanas, bhakti is supreme. All mahājanas have rejected liberation, which is the desired goal of the jñānīs, and have accepted the path of bhakti.