Verse 2.1.61

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.61:

श्री-वैष्णवा ऊचुः—
अये विप्रज जानासि न किञ्चिद् बत मूढ-धीः ।
विष्णु-भक्तान् पुनर् मैवं सम्बोधय न जल्प च ॥ ६१ ॥

śrī-vaiṣṇavā ūcuḥ—
aye vipraja jānāsi na kiñcid bata mūḍha-dhīḥ |
viṣṇu-bhaktān punar maivaṃ sambodhaya na jalpa ca || 61 ||

śrī-vaiṣṇavāḥ ūcuḥ–the resplendent Vaiṣṇavas said; aye vipra-ja–O son of a brāhmaṇa; jānāsi–you know; na–not; kiñcit–anything; bata–indeed; mūḍha-dhīḥ–your intelligence is bewildered; viṣṇu–of Śrī Viṣṇu; bhaktān–the devotees; punaḥ–again; mā–not; evam–in this way; sambodhaya–you should address; na–not; jalpa–speak; ca–also.

Śrī Vaiṣṇavas said: O son of a brāhmaṇa, it seems that your intelligence is very dull. Do you not know anything? These are all devotees of Śrī Viṣṇu, and you should never again address them like this or speak to them in this way.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

The Vaiṣṇavas say, “O vipra-ja, O you who were born of a brāhmaṇa father, you may have taken birth in a family of brāhmaṇas, but your intelligence is dull.” Because of this, the exalted, or uttama, Vaiṣṇavas mercifully instructed him, using such words as “Viṣṇu.” “You should not address the devotees of Śrī Viṣṇu as ‘O singers, O people offering prayers!’ and so forth. Moreover, do not again order them to be quiet and to refrain from making a commotion, and so on.”