Verse 2.20.39

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.20.39:

সত্য সত্য করোঙ্ তোরে এই পরকাশ সত্য মুই, সত্য মোর দাস, তার দাস ॥ ৩৯ ॥

सत्य सत्य करोङ् तोरे एइ परकाश सत्य मुइ, सत्य मोर दास, तार दास ॥ ३९ ॥

satya satya karoṅ tore ei parakāśa satya mui, satya mora dāsa, tāra dāsa || 39 ||

satya satya karon tore ei parakasa satya mui, satya mora dasa, tara dasa (39)

English translation:

(39) “I openly reveal to you that I am eternal, My servants are eternal, and the servants of My servants are eternal.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The manifestations of the Supreme Lord are eternal and are situated diametrically opposite to illusion. The Supreme Lord is factual, the service of the Supreme Lord is factual, and the servants of the servants of the Supreme Lord are factual. Attributing materially designated temporariness on the Supreme Lord and the devotees endangers the concept of the Supersoul’s and the jīva soul’s unchangeability. The material world is temporary; yet even though it is not the supreme truth, the Supreme Lord and the devotees, who are both transcendental, are eternal truths. The conception that is derived from considering them products of matter, in such false gross and subtle bodies, in other words, identifying spiritual substance or the self with material designations is simply an example of vivarta, or illusion. But one cannot mistakenly accept the spirit soul as devoid of spirit.