Verse 2.1.164

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.164:

অজামিলে নিস্তারিলা যে-কৃষ্ণের নামে ধন-কুল-বিদ্যা-মদে তাহা নাহি জানে ॥ ১৬৪ ॥

अजामिले निस्तारिला ये-कृष्णेर नामे धन-कुल-विद्या-मदे ताहा नाहि जाने ॥ १६४ ॥

ajāmile nistārilā ye-kṛṣṇera nāme dhana-kula-vidyā-made tāhā nāhi jāne || 164 ||

ajamile nistarila ye-krsnera name dhana-kula-vidya-made taha nahi jane (164)

English translation:

(164) “The holy names of Kṛṣṇa delivered Ajāmila, yet those who are intoxicated by wealth, good birth, and education do not know Him.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

One should refer to the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, Chapter One, verses 21-68 and Chapter Two for a description of Ajāmila’s deliverance through kṛṣṇa-nāmābhāsa, a glimpse of offenseless chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s name.

The second line of this verse is confirmed in Kuntīs prayer to Kṛṣṇa in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.8.26):

janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumān naivārhaty abhidhātuṃ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram

“My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached, but only by those who are materially exhausted. One who is on the path of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education and bodily beauty, cannot approach You with sincere feeling.”

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