CC Madhya 12.24

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 12, Text 24

পরমার্থ থাকুক — লোকে করিবে নিন্দন ।
লোকে রহু — দামোদর করিবে ভর্ত্‌সন ॥ ২৪ ॥

paramārtha thākuka — loke karibe nindana
loke rahu — dāmodara karibe bhartsana

Word by word

parama-artha thākuka — what to speak of spiritual advancement; loke — people in general; karibe nindana — will blaspheme; loke rahu — what to speak of people in general; dāmodara — Dāmodara Paṇḍita; karibe — will do; bhartsana — chastisement.

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “What to speak of spiritual advancement — all the people will blaspheme Me. And what to speak of all the people — Dāmodara would chastise Me.”