Verse 1.17.49

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.49:

দোঙ্হাকার বিগ্রহ দোঙ্হাকার প্রেম-জলে সিঞ্চিত হৈলা প্রেমানন্দ-কুতূহলে ॥ ৪৯ ॥

दोङ्हाकार विग्रह दोङ्हाकार प्रेम-जले सिञ्चित हैला प्रेमानन्द-कुतूहले ॥ ४९ ॥

doṅhākāra vigraha doṅhākāra prema-jale siñcita hailā premānanda-kutūhale || 49 ||

donhakara vigraha donhakara prema-jale sincita haila premananda-kutuhale (49)

English translation:

(49) In the ecstasy of meeting each other, they both became soaked with tears of love.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

As an affectionate, unalloyed, confidential disciple of Mādhavendra Purī, who is the original seedling of the desire tree of love of God, Śrī Īśvara

Purīpāda is attached to prema-bhakti, loving devotional service. By seeing Gaurasundara’s display of a devotee’s characteristics, the eternally perfect mood of the devotees was enhanced and manifested. Now, for the benefit of people, the meeting between the Supreme Lord and the topmost devotee and mahānta-guru blossomed their flowerlike transformations of ecstatic love that destroyed the contamination in the polluted hearts of persons who were averse to Kṛṣṇa. Being filled with wonderful ecstasy, Śrī Gaurasundara began to describe the glories of the lotus feet of the spiritual master, who is the bestower of transcendental knowledge and who is unlimitedly superior to Gayā-tīrtha.