Verse 1.14.142

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.142:

অতএব গৃহে তুমি কৃষ্ণ-ভজ গিযা কুটিনাটি পরিহরি’ একান্ত হৈযা ॥ ১৪২ ॥

अतएव गृहे तुमि कृष्ण-भज गिया कुटिनाटि परिहरि’ एकान्त हैया ॥ १४२ ॥

ataeva gṛhe tumi kṛṣṇa-bhaja giyā kuṭināṭi parihari’ ekānta haiyā || 142 ||

ataeva grhe tumi krsna-bhaja giya kutinati parihari’ ekanta haiya (142)

English translation:

(142) “Therefore go back to your home and worship Lord Kṛṣṇa with full attention, giving up all duplicity.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“O Tapana Miśra, serve Kṛṣṇa while remaining a householder.” The prefix ku refers to prohibited activities, and the syllable nā has the same meaning. The cheating propensity is also known as kuṭināṭi; in other words, if one gives up the improper desire to cultivate sādhanas that bestow the four deceitful objects of dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa as the goal of life and takes undeviating shelter of the holy names of Kṛṣṇa, then he can awaken love for Kṛṣṇa. Sense enjoyers, fruitive workers, yogis, and mental speculators do not endeavor to obtain love for Kṛṣṇa; they are busy gratifying their own temporary senses. By such activities, however, they do not actually achieve any eternal benefit. If such

insignificant desires are prominent in one’s heart, then the taste for chanting the names of Kṛṣṇa will not awaken.