Verse 1.4.39

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.4.39:

মিশ্র-জগন্নাথ দেখি’ চিত্তে বড ধন্দ ‘দৈব’ হেন জানি’ কিছু না বলিল মন্দ ॥ ৩৯ ॥

मिश्र-जगन्नाथ देखि’ चित्ते बड धन्द ‘दैव’ हेन जानि’ किछु ना बलिल मन्द ॥ ३९ ॥

miśra-jagannātha dekhi’ citte baḍa dhanda ‘daiva’ hena jāni’ kichu nā balila manda || 39 ||

misra-jagannatha dekhi’ citte bada dhanda ‘daiva’ hena jani’ kichu na balila manda (39)

English translation:

(39) Jagannātha Miśra was very astonished to see the mess, but considering that it was an act of providence, he remained silent.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word dhanda is derived from the Hindi word dhāndā, which means

“doubt,” “perplexed,” “diversion of intelligence,” “madness,” “suspicion,” “problem,” “surprise,” and “complication.” The phrase daiva hena refers to an incident caused by providence.