Verse 1.9.223-224

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.223-224:

কিবা যতি নিত্যানন্দ, কিবা ভক্ত জ্ঞানী যা’র যেন মত ইচ্ছা, না বোলযে কেনি যে-সে কেনে চৈতন্যের নিত্যানন্দ নহে তবু সেই পাদ-পদ্ম রহুক হৃদযে ॥ ২২৩-২২৪ ॥

किबा यति नित्यानन्द, किबा भक्त ज्ञानी या’र येन मत इच्छा, ना बोलये केनि ये-से केने चैतन्येर नित्यानन्द नहे तबु सेइ पाद-पद्म रहुक हृदये ॥ २२३-२२४ ॥

kibā yati nityānanda, kibā bhakta jñānī yā’ra yena mata icchā, nā bolaye keni ye-se kene caitanyera nityānanda nahe tabu sei pāda-padma rahuka hṛdaye || 223-224 ||

kiba yati nityananda, kiba bhakta jnani ya’ra yena mata iccha, na bolaye keni ye-se kene caitanyera nityananda nahe tabu sei pada-padma rahuka hrdaye (223-224)

English translation:

(223-224) Someone may consider Nityānanda a sannyāsī, someone may consider Him a devotee, and someone may consider Him a jñānī. They may say whatever they like. Even if Nityānanda was a most insignificant servant of Lord Caitanya, still I would keep His lotus feet in my heart.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“Some people consider Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu as the sannyāsī disciple of Śrī Lakṣmīpati Tīrtha, some people, on seeing His love for Kṛṣṇa, consider Him a devotee, and other people consider Him a great renunciate and learned scholar of Vedānta. They may consider my Lord in whichever way they want, or my worshipable Lord Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu may be related to the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu simply as a menial servant, but I will not enter into this unnecessary subject. I will place the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda within my heart while considering him my eternal worshipable Lord.”