Verse 1.14.86

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.86:

রাঢে আর এক মহা ব্রহ্ম-দৈত্য আছে অন্তরে রাক্ষস, বিপ্র-কাচ মাত্র কাচে ॥ ৮৬ ॥

राढे आर एक महा ब्रह्म-दैत्य आछे अन्तरे राक्षस, विप्र-काच मात्र काचे ॥ ८६ ॥

rāḍhe āra eka mahā brahma-daitya āche antare rākṣasa, vipra-kāca mātra kāce || 86 ||

radhe ara eka maha brahma-daitya ache antare raksasa, vipra-kaca matra kace (86)

English translation:

(86) There is a powerful brahma-daitya in Rāḍha-deśa. Although he externally dresses like a brāhmaṇa, internally he is a demon.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The areas on the western bank of the Ganges are known as Rāṣṭra-deśa, or Rāḍha-deśa. There are many villages within Rāḍha-deśa, but the names of those villages are not mentioned at this point.

If brāhmaṇa becomes a ghost after death, he becomes a brahma-daitya. A brāhmaṇa who follows his prescribed duties generally advances to higher planets, but those who neglect their duties and engage in sinful activities and thus meet an unnatural death become brahma-daityas. So-called brāhmaṇas who are envious offensive blasphemers of Vaiṣṇavas, who though breathing are lifeless, and who are situated in sinful life are known as brahma-daityas. Real pure brāhmaṇas are totally partial and subordinate to Vaiṣṇava principles. Since so-called brāhmaṇas who are envious of Vaiṣṇavas become ghosts in this very life, they are presently being addressed as brahma-daityas. One such brahma-daitya from

Rāḍha-deśa externally exhibited brahminical behavior yet internally maintaining envy towards the Vaiṣṇavas, and as a result he became an envious demon. When a brāhmaṇa engages in the demoniac activities of envying Vaiṣṇavas, then he is called a brahma-rākṣasa. Although demons are expert in envying cows, demigods, and Vaiṣṇavas, they become puffed-up with false ego due to their birth in seminal brāhmaṇa families. The performance of brahminical activities and acceptance of external brahminical dress by persons who internally maintain demoniac propensities in this way is simply artificial duplicity that ruins people.