Verse 1.16.180

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.180:

রহিতে না পারে কেহ,—কহিলুঙ্ নিশ্চয হরিদাস সত্বরে চলুন অন্যাশ্রয ॥ ১৮০ ॥

रहिते ना पारे केह,—कहिलुङ् निश्चय हरिदास सत्वरे चलुन अन्याश्रय ॥ १८० ॥

rahite nā pāre keha,—kahiluṅ niścaya haridāsa satvare caluna anyāśraya || 180 ||

rahite na pare keha,—kahilun niscaya haridasa satvare caluna anyasraya (180)

English translation:

(180) “No one can remain here due to the effects of its poison. This is our assurance. Therefore Haridāsa should immediately go somewhere else.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Those who came to see Ṭhākura Haridāsa in his bhajana-kuṭira felt great

distress due to the burning poison of the snake. They could not understand where the burning heat was coming from. Later on, they brought snakebite doctors and found out that a snake lived within a hole in Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s kuṭira. Due to excessive heat from the burning poison, no one could stay there for any length of time. But Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was solely attached to chanting the holy names and who never wasted a moment, did not feel any inconvenience at all.

Considering that it is never proper to live with a cruel, deceitful, fierce, poisonous snake, the visitors requested Haridāsa to shift to another place.