Verse 1.17.113

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.17.113:

আত্ম-প্রকাশের আসি’ হৈল সময দিনে-দিনে বাডে প্রেম-ভক্তির বিজয ॥ ১১৩ ॥

आत्म-प्रकाशेर आसि’ हैल समय दिने-दिने बाडे प्रेम-भक्तिर विजय ॥ ११३ ॥

ātma-prakāśera āsi’ haila samaya dine-dine bāḍe prema-bhaktira vijaya || 113 ||

atma-prakasera asi’ haila samaya dine-dine bade prema-bhaktira vijaya (113)

English translation:

(113) As the time became ripe for the Lord to reveal Himself, His loving devotional sentiments increased day by day.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

While playing the role of an ideal devotee, the Supreme Lord Gaurasundara thereafter enacted the pastime of displaying the internal mentality of a self-realized, surrendered living entity. Progressively dāsya-prema-bhakti, sakhya-prema-bhakti, vātsalya-prema-bhakti, and madhura-prema-bhakti in the mood of a beloved increased in the Lord’s heart in ever-fresh ways. Vātsalya-prema-bhakti is included in madhura- prema-bhakti, sakhya-prema-bhakti is included in vātsalya-prema-bhakti, dāsya-prema-bhakti is included in sakhya-prema-bhakti, and the neutral śānta-bhakti is included in dāsya-prema-bhakti. The eternal constitutional form of a conditioned soul is first covered by a subtle body in the form of mind, and then it is covered by a gross body to wander throughout the external world. Within these two temporary material bodies, the eternal spirit soul is situated. As soon as the dormant soul is revived, the material body and mind of the conditioned state immediately come under control. Otherwise, when these two material designations are prominent and the spirit soul is not awakened from his conditioned state, no symptoms of the propensity for serving the Supreme Lord, which is the eternally perfected constitutional duty, are found in him.