Verse 1.2.175

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.2.175:

ধন্বন্তরি-রূপে কর অমৃত প্রদান হংস-রূপে ব্রহ্মাদিরে কহ তত্ত্ব-জ্ঞান ॥ ১৭৫ ॥

धन्वन्तरि-रूपे कर अमृत प्रदान हंस-रूपे ब्रह्मादिरे कह तत्त्व-ज्ञान ॥ १७५ ॥

dhanvantari-rūpe kara amṛta pradāna haṃsa-rūpe brahmādire kaha tattva-jñāna || 175 ||

dhanvantari-rupe kara amrta pradana hamsa-rupe brahmadire kaha tattva-jnana (175)

English translation:

(175) “In the form of Dhanvantari, You delivered nectar to the demigods,

and in the form of Hamsa, You spoke on the Absolute Truth to Brahmā and others.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

As stated in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (2.7.19): “O Nārada, you were taught about the science of God and His transcendental loving service by the Personality of Godhead in His incarnation of Haṃsāvatāra. He was very much pleased with you, due to your intense proportion of devotional service. He also explained unto you, lucidly, the full science of devotional service, which is especially understandable by persons who are souls surrendered unto Lord Vāsudeva, the Personality of Godhead.” Elsewhere, in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.3.17) it is stated: “In the twelfth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Dhanvantari, and in the thirteenth He allured the atheists by the charming beauty of a woman and gave nectar to the demigods to drink.”