Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.21.56, 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 56 of Madhya-khanda chapter 21—“The Lord’s Chastisement of Devananda”.
Verse 2.21.56
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.56:
যদি বা পডায কেহ গীতা-ভাগবত তথাপি নাশুনে কেহ ভক্তি-অভিমত ॥ ৫৬ ॥
यदि वा पडाय केह गीता-भागवत तथापि नाशुने केह भक्ति-अभिमत ॥ ५६ ॥
yadi vā paḍāya keha gītā-bhāgavata tathāpi nāśune keha bhakti-abhimata || 56 ||
yadi va padaya keha gita-bhagavata tathapi nasune keha bhakti-abhimata (56)
English translation:
(56) Even though some people taught Bhagavad-gītā or Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, topics regarding devotional service were never heard from them.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
Among the teachers of that time, some taught Bhagavad-gītā and some taught Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. But since there was an absence of inclination for the Lord’s service in those teachers’ behavior, they had no information about devotional service.