Verse 1.5.125

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.5.125:

মোর মন্ত্র জপি’ মোরে করহ আহ্বান রহিতে না পারি আমি, আসি তোমা’-স্থান ॥ ১২৫ ॥

मोर मन्त्र जपि’ मोरे करह आह्वान रहिते ना पारि आमि, आसि तोमा’-स्थान ॥ १२५ ॥

mora mantra japi’ more karaha āhvāna rahite nā pāri āmi, āsi tomā’-sthāna || 125 ||

mora mantra japi’ more karaha ahvana rahite na pari ami, asi toma’-sthana (125)

English translation:

(125) “You chant My mantra and invite Me, so I cannot resist coming to you.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“You invite Me by chanting My mantra, therefore I come and accept the foodstuffs you offer.” Some people consider that worshiping and offering foodstuffs to Gaurāṅga is performed by chanting the Gopāla-mantra, and by chanting this mantra He accepts the offering. Up to the time when Deity worship of Śrī Gaurasundara was introduced in the world, He was worshiped through Kṛṣṇa-mantras; but after the covered form of Kṛṣṇa, the origin of all incarnations, mercifully manifested His own form, Deity, and name to His most confidential devotees, the Lord’s devotees began to worship the Deity of Śrī Gaura by revealing the eternal names and mantras related with Lord Gaura. Those who are bereft of receiving the mercy of the covered incarnation simply make a show of worshiping the Deity form of Śrī Gaurasundara with Kṛṣṇa-mantras, but Śrī Gaura is not worshiped in this way. Such people are cheated out of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, because they do not realize that Gaura’s pastimes are eternal.

If one chants Kṛṣṇa-mantras, then Kṛṣṇa, or Gaurasundara, accepts his chanting and manifests before the chanter. But if one differentiates

between Gaura and Kṛṣṇa, then his unauthorized endeavors for chanting Kṛṣṇa-mantras do not qualify him to see the form of Kṛṣṇa in Gaurasundara and his progress towards freedom from material existence is checked. Therefore it is often found that a worshiper has a lack of taste for worshiping Gaurasundara by chanting Kṛṣṇa-mantras. Those who do not realize that the worship of Gaurasundara is the same as worship of Kṛṣṇa are deprived by Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya from receiving the mercy of Gaura and the darśana of Gāndharvikā-Giridhārī. Due to the four defects of imperfect senses, the propensity for cheating, certainty of committing mistakes, and certainty of being illusioned, such people are unable to see Śrī Rādhā-Govinda in Śrī Gaurasundara. Thus, according to the purport of the second of the four original Bhāgavatam verses, such people develop mundane endeavors or vision towards Śrī Gaurasundara and become disqualified to see Him. Considering Gaurasundara as different from Kṛṣṇa, such people with insignificant material vision see Him simply as a sannyāsī, a religious reformer, or a pseudo-sentimental saint.