Verse 1.1.38

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.1.38:

ভাগবত শুনি’ যার রামে নাহি প্রীত বিষ্ণু-বৈষ্ণবের পথে সে জন—বর্জিত ॥ ৩৮ ॥

भागवत शुनि’ यार रामे नाहि प्रीत विष्णु-वैष्णवेर पथे से जन—वर्जित ॥ ३८ ॥

bhāgavata śuni’ yāra rāme nāhi prīta viṣṇu-vaiṣṇavera pathe se jana—varjita || 38 ||

bhagavata suni’ yara rame nahi prita visnu-vaisnavera pathe se jana—varjita (38)

English translation:

(38) One who has no love for Lord Balarāma after hearing the Śrīmad

Bhāgavatam is rejected by both the Lord and His devotees.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

As long as the living entity is conditioned, he is not considered on the path of worshiping Lord Viṣṇu, who is eternally full of knowledge and bliss and the worshipable Lord of the Vaiṣṇavas. In other words, he is unable to realize that the Lord is eternally full of knowledge and bliss. As soon as the living entity realizes the truths regarding the three puruṣas, he is freed from illusion or mundane intelligence. In other words, this realization awakens transcendental intelligence in the heart of the living entity and helps him advance on the path of worshiping Lord Viṣṇu, who is eternally full of knowledge and bliss and the worshipable Lord of the Vaiṣṇavas. It is stated in the Sātvata-tantras: “The first puruṣa, Mahā- Viṣṇu, is the creator of the total material energy [mahat], the second is Garbhodakaśāyī, who is situated within each universe, and the third is Kṣīrodakaśāyī, who lives in the heart of every living being. He who knows these three becomes liberated from the clutches of māyā.”