Verse 1.10.3

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.3:

জয জয জগন্নাথ-পুত্র বিপ্র-রাজ জয হৌ তো’র যত শ্রী-ভক্ত-সমাজ ॥ ৩ ॥

जय जय जगन्नाथ-पुत्र विप्र-राज जय हौ तो’र यत श्री-भक्त-समाज ॥ ३ ॥

jaya jaya jagannātha-putra vipra-rāja jaya hau to’ra yata śrī-bhakta-samāja || 3 ||

jaya jaya jagannatha-putra vipra-raja jaya hau to’ra yata sri-bhakta-samaja (3)

English translation:

(3) All glories to Jagannātha’s son, the king of the brāhmaṇas. All glories

to all of Your devotees.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The phrase śrī-bhakta-samāja is explained as follows: Vrajendra-nandana Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the only worshipable Lord. That Supreme Lord, in His two forms as viṣaya and āśraya, the worshipable and the worshiper, is the worshipable object of all His subordinates. The viṣaya-vigraha, or object of worship, who is the Lord of the goddess of fortune, and the āśraya- vigraha, or abode of worship, who is the goddess of fortune, are both the objects of service for Their devotees. The devotees’ favorable cultivation of service towards their worshipable object is called bhakti, or devotional service. The servants of the viṣaya and āśraya are known as bhaktas.

They are many, so collectively they are called bhakta-samāja. Under the categories of six opulences, various spiritual splendors are present in this bhakta-samāja. That is why the devotees have been described as Śrī- bhakta-samāja. All the devotees who are under the shelter of the energetic Lord’s energy try to please their worshipable Lord in various ways.