Verse 1.13.177

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.13.177:

যাবত্ মরণ নাহি উপসন্ন হয তাবত্ সেবহ কৃষ্ণ করিযা নিশ্চয ॥ ১৭৭ ॥

यावत् मरण नाहि उपसन्न हय तावत् सेवह कृष्ण करिया निश्चय ॥ १७७ ॥

yāvat maraṇa nāhi upasanna haya tāvat sevaha kṛṣṇa kariyā niścaya || 177 ||

yavat marana nahi upasanna haya tavat sevaha krsna kariya niscaya (177)

English translation:

(177) “Up to the time of your death, serve Kṛṣṇa with confidence.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

One who rejects the worship of Kṛṣṇa cannot properly explain the purport of Vedānta philosophy, one of the six branches of philosophy. Being initiated into all these instructions, the compiler of Krama-dīpikā instructed his disciples headed by Gāṅgalya Bhaṭṭa about the process of worshiping Rādhā-Govinda. Later on, Keśava and other scholars of Kasmira left the subordination of Śrīman Mahāprabhu and took to another path. Turning away from the mercy of Śrīman Mahāprabhu, Keśava Kāśmīrī and other so-called followers of the Śrī Nimbārka- sampradāya, as well as so-called scholars of the Śrī Vallabha- sampradāya, rejected the most beneficial and pure lotus feet of Śrīman Mahāprabhu, the worshipable Lord of the compiler of Krama-dīpikā, and took to another path. Both Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī understood Kesavācārya, the compiler of Krama-dīpikā, as a recipient of Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s mercy, and therefore they collected ingredients from his book in their compilation of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava smṛti. Later on the followers of Keśava Kāśmīrī gave up the lotus feet of Mahāprabhu and attempted to establish their own independent

sampradāya.