Verse 1.9.12

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.12:

এই-মত সর্ব লোক নানা-কথা গায নিত্যানন্দে কেহ নাহি চিনিল মাযায ॥ ১২ ॥

एइ-मत सर्व लोक नाना-कथा गाय नित्यानन्दे केह नाहि चिनिल मायाय ॥ १२ ॥

ei-mata sarva loka nānā-kathā gāya nityānande keha nāhi cinila māyāya || 12 ||

ei-mata sarva loka nana-katha gaya nityanande keha nahi cinila mayaya (12)

English translation:

(12) In this way people had different opinions about what had happened, but no one could recognize Lord Nityānanda due to the influence of His illusory energy.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The word māyāya refers to the influence of the illusory external energy of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu—who is nondifferent from Śrī Baladeva, the source of all Viṣṇu expansions—that bewilders the marginal living entities. Those who are under the control of the covering and throwing propensities of Lord Viṣṇu’s illusory energy cannot understand the truth regarding Śrī Nityānanda. Some illusioned living entities say that Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was a Maithila brāhmaṇa, some say that He married into the house of Bengali Rāḍha brāhmaṇas, and others say that He was born in a low-class family. By such deceptive propositions created by māyā, the truths regarding Śrī Nityānanda are not understood. Moreover, others who are controlled by material intelligence also say that the seminal descendants of Nityānanda Prabhu’s son, Vīrabhadra, are as powerful as Śrī Nityānanda, and therefore on the basis of their seminal birth they are on the same level as the Supreme Lord. If this were the fact, then why did this line come under the control of materialistic fruitive smārtas who are engaged in enjoying the fruits of temporary activities? Yet others say that the three sons of Vīrabhadra were simply His disciples, because their sons were born in the villages of Bāruḍigāiṅ and Baṭavyālīgāiṅ and therefore by worldly consideration they cannot be considered seminal sons of Vīrabhadra. Persons with material conceptions, being covered and thrown by the illusory external energy of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, endeavor to establish a mundane relationship with Him. Such people try to include and count Nityānanda Prabhu among the conditioned living entities and thus invite severe offense. This is Śrī Nityānanda-Baladeva’s mysterious pastime of deceiving the demons.