Verse 1.16.266

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.16.266:

ইহাতে ও অত্যন্ত দুষ্কৃতি পাপি-গণ না পারে শুনিতে উচ্চ-হরি-সঙ্কীর্তন ॥ ২৬৬ ॥

इहाते ओ अत्यन्त दुष्कृति पापि-गण ना पारे शुनिते उच्च-हरि-सङ्कीर्तन ॥ २६६ ॥

ihāte o atyanta duṣkṛti pāpi-gaṇa nā pāre śunite ucca-hari-saṅkīrtana || 266 ||

ihate o atyanta duskrti papi-gana na pare sunite ucca-hari-sankirtana (266)

English translation:

(266) The most sinful miscreants were even unable to hear this loud chanting.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Due to their sinful propensities, people did not wish to hear the uninterrupted and unmotivated chanting of the names of Hari from the mouth of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Actually, only unfortunate people develop such sinful and inauspicious propensities. But Haridāsa Ṭhākura is a nonduplicitous servant of the Absolute Truth, Lord Kṛṣṇa, and devoid of all fear born of material absorption. Even after facing various impediments and obstacles from the sinful people, he did not desist from

hari-saṅkīrtana.