Verse 1.12.191-192

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.12.191-192:

প্রভু বোলে,—“তোমার বিস্তর আছে ধন তাহা তুমি লুকাইযা করহ ভোজন তাহা মুই বিদিত করিমু কত দিনে তবে দেখি, তুমি লোক ভাণ্ডিবা কেমনে?” ॥ ১৯১-১৯২ ॥

प्रभु बोले,—“तोमार विस्तर आछे धन ताहा तुमि लुकाइया करह भोजन ताहा मुइ विदित करिमु कत दिने तबे देखि, तुमि लोक भाण्डिबा केमने?” ॥ १९१-१९२ ॥

prabhu bole,—“tomāra vistara āche dhana tāhā tumi lukāiyā karaha bhojana tāhā mui vidita karimu kata dine tabe dekhi, tumi loka bhāṇḍibā kemane?” || 191-192 ||

prabhu bole,—“tomara vistara ache dhana taha tumi lukaiya karaha bhojana taha mui vidita karimu kata dine tabe dekhi, tumi loka bhandiba kemane?” (191-192)

English translation:

(191-192) The Lord then said, “You have great wealth that you are secretly enjoying. I will soon disclose this to everyone. Then how will you cheat us?”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

After hearing Śrīdhara’s words, the Lord replied, “You are already very rich, so there is no need for you to accumulate external mundane wealth. Therefore you do not consider external worldly scarcity as poverty. One who is engaged in the service of the fully omnipotent Lord cannot have any weakness or scarcity at all. After a few days I will reveal to the human society that is ignorant of the position and glories of the Vaiṣṇavas that the Vaiṣṇavas are the sole proprietors of all wealth. It will no longer remain secret that the Vaiṣṇavas are situated on the topmost platform and are the proprietors of everything, including all opulences. I will soon disclose this to all the foolish ignorant people of the world.” The materialists, who are attached to sense gratification and who are greedy for material advancement, cannot measure the expertise and supremacy of the Vaiṣṇavas through their own broken, limited yardstick. That is why they are completely cheated out of receiving the Vaiṣṇavas’ mercy and understanding the Absolute Truth. Since the value of their qualification is so meager, the Vaiṣṇavas conceal their real identities from them.