Verse 1.14.61

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.61:

ভাগ্যবতী পদ্মাবতী সেই দিন হৈতে যোগ্য হৈল সর্ব-লোক পবিত্র করিতে ॥ ৬১ ॥

भाग्यवती पद्मावती सेइ दिन हैते योग्य हैल सर्व-लोक पवित्र करिते ॥ ६१ ॥

bhāgyavatī padmāvatī sei dina haite yogya haila sarva-loka pavitra karite || 61 ||

bhagyavati padmavati sei dina haite yogya haila sarva-loka pavitra karite (61)

English translation:

(61) Since that day the fortunate Padmāvatī River became fit to sanctify the entire world.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

When Gaurasundara took bath in the Padmāvatī, she at once became most

fortunate and the deliverer of all. Though the emanation of the Ganges from the lotus feet of Viṣṇu indicates her quality of delivering people and destroying sin, the moment the Lord personally and directly immersed and bathed in the Padmā, whose ability for delivering fallen souls was not as great as the Ganges, by the touch of the Lord’s feet she became equal to Gaṅgā in her ability to purify people and destroy the sinful reactions of Kali.