Verse 1.2.90

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.90:

স্ব-ভাবে অদ্বৈত—বড কারুণ্য-হৃদয জীবের উদ্ধার চিন্তে হৈযা সদয ॥ ৯০ ॥

स्व-भावे अद्वैत—बड कारुण्य-हृदय जीवेर उद्धार चिन्ते हैया सदय ॥ ९० ॥

sva-bhāve advaita—baḍa kāruṇya-hṛdaya jīvera uddhāra cinte haiyā sadaya || 90 ||

sva-bhave advaita—bada karunya-hrdaya jivera uddhara cinte haiya sadaya (90)

English translation:

(90) By nature the heart of Advaita Ācārya was full of compassion, so He mercifully contemplated how to deliver the living entities.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Advaita Prabhu was by nature full of compassion. The examples of compassion found in this material world are most insignificant compared to His compassion. Lord Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas have no need for insignificant fruitless compassion like the temporary compassion of displaying mercy on the material body or supplying fuel to the fire of material enjoyment. The kind-hearted Lord Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇava Ṭhākuras actually free the living entities from material bondage for their eternal benefit. It is not possible to deliver the living entities from their enjoying propensity by the examples of cheating compassion that we see in this world of enjoyment. In order to deliver the conditioned souls who are averse to Viṣṇu from their propensity for imaginary happiness and comfort, one should awaken them to their constitutional position. In other words, one should help such people develop the qualification for receiving the direct mercy of the Supreme Lord.