Verse 1.11.68

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.11.68:

পাষণ্ডীর বাক্য-জ্বালা সব গেল দূর এই-মত পুলকিত নবদ্বীপ-পুর ॥ ৬৮ ॥

पाषण्डीर वाक्य-ज्वाला सब गेल दूर एइ-मत पुलकित नवद्वीप-पुर ॥ ६८ ॥

pāṣaṇḍīra vākya-jvālā saba gela dūra ei-mata pulakita navadvīpa-pura || 68 ||

pasandira vakya-jvala saba gela dura ei-mata pulakita navadvipa-pura (68)

English translation:

(68) The pains caused by the atheists’ abusive words were mitigated, as the city of Navadvīpa became filled with ecstasy.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Advaita Prabhu’s solacing words extinguished the burning fire arising from the atheistic statements in which the devotees of Kṛṣṇa were compared to atheists, who are envious of the Vaiṣṇavas and who worship five gods. The attitude of atheism, in other words, the temperament of being envious of Vaiṣṇavas and averse to devotional service, is present in the covered Buddhist codes of reconciliation and its propagation. Since this temperament was vanquished, in other words, when impersonalism,

which is opposed to Vaiṣṇavism, was temporarily checked in the town of Navadvīpa, the material conceptions of the residents of Navadvīpa were removed. As a result, the pure Vaiṣṇavas were greatly pleased.