Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 3.9.190, 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 190 of Antya-khanda chapter 9—“The Glories of Advaita”.
Verse 3.9.190
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.190:
শ্রী-চৈতন্য-যশে প্রীত না হয যাহার ব্রহ্মচর্য-সন্ন্যাসে বা কি কার্য তাহার ॥ ১৯০ ॥
श्री-चैतन्य-यशे प्रीत ना हय याहार ब्रह्मचर्य-सन्न्यासे वा कि कार्य ताहार ॥ १९० ॥
śrī-caitanya-yaśe prīta nā haya yāhāra brahmacarya-sannyāse vā ki kārya tāhāra || 190 ||
sri-caitanya-yase prita na haya yahara brahmacarya-sannyase va ki karya tahara (190)
English translation:
(190) What is the use of being a sannyāsī or a brahmacārī if one is not attracted to the glorification of Lord Caitanya?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The brahmacarya and sannyāsa āśramas are superior to the gṛhastha and vānaprastha āśramas. Yet the cultivation of āśrama-dharma by those who, in spite of being situated in superior āśramas, have no love for the glorification of Śrī Caitanya is useless.