Verse 1.12.187

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.187:

দেখ, এই চণ্ডী-বিষহরিরে পূজিযা কে না ঘরে খায পরে’ সব নগরিযা” ॥ ১৮৭ ॥

देख, एइ चण्डी-विषहरिरे पूजिया के ना घरे खाय परे’ सब नगरिया” ॥ १८७ ॥

dekha, ei caṇḍī-viṣaharire pūjiyā ke nā ghare khāya pare’ saba nagariyā” || 187 ||

dekha, ei candi-visaharire pujiya ke na ghare khaya pare’ saba nagariya” (187)

English translation:

(187) “Look at other people. They worship Caṇḍī or Viṣahari, so they have no scarcity for food or cloth.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The Lord further said, “Just see how the followers of śākta philosophy live happily and comfortably, not by worshiping the eternally revered Supreme Lord but by worshiping Caṇḍikā-devī, who awards benedictions for sense gratification like wealth, followers, and conquest of enemies, and by worshiping Viṣahari, who destroys the fear of snakes! And you have brought on yourself this pathetic condition by engaging in the service of the Lord without expressing any desire for material happiness and comfort!” Through this question put before the great devotee Śrīdhara, Śrī Gaurasundara revealed the mentality of pure Vaiṣṇavas and illustrated proper philosophy. In Śrīmad Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s famous book named Jaiva-dharma the mentality of the śākta philosophy followers, who desire material advancement, is described. We can see by his description that communities desirous of material advancement and puffed up with false pride based on perishable material wealth, followers, knowledge, and their deceitful civilization are cheated out of achieving the ultimate goal of life on account of seeing the external poverty of the Vaiṣṇavas and attributing various needs and abominations on the Vaiṣṇavas. Actually they do not understand that the Vaiṣṇavas alone are the rightful heirs of Lord Nārāyaṇa’s entire sixfold opulences.