Verse 1.16.142

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.142:

সত্য সত্য হরিদাস—জগত্-ঈশ্বর চৈতন্য-চন্দ্রের মহা-মুখ্য অনুচর ॥ ১৪২ ॥

सत्य सत्य हरिदास—जगत्-ईश्वर चैतन्य-चन्द्रेर महा-मुख्य अनुचर ॥ १४२ ॥

satya satya haridāsa—jagat-īśvara caitanya-candrera mahā-mukhya anucara || 142 ||

satya satya haridasa—jagat-isvara caitanya-candrera maha-mukhya anucara (142)

English translation:

(142) Haridāsa, who had the power to control the universe, was certainly one of the topmost devotees of Śrī Caitanya.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Another reading for jagat-īśvara, or “the Lord of the universe,” is pūrva- vipra-vara, or “the already qualified best brāhmaṇa.” Actually Ṭhākura Haridāsa was already the crest-jewel amongst the best of the brāhmaṇas. Although the materialists see that he was born in a Moslem family, he was the greatest Vaiṣṇava, servant of the Lord, most sober, and endowed with all brahminical qualifications from time immemorial. Only those who constantly serve the Supreme Lord are decorated with the eternal brahminical qualifications from time immemorial. Some people compose imitation literatures in which they claim that Haridāsa Ṭhākura was born in a seminal brāhmaṇa family, and thereby they attribute on him insignificant mundane social considerations born from their own ignorance. Such imaginary truth is always contrary to historical facts.

The phrase jagat-īśvara may also be an adjective for Caitanyacandra, or it may have been used to indicate the former position of Haridāsa as Lord Brahmā. Any mahā-bhāgavata who controls the six urges mentioned by Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī is qualified to be called Gosvāmī, Jagat-īśvara, or Vaiṣṇava.