Verse 2.1.193-194

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.193-194:

প্রভু বলে,—“আজি পডিলাঙ কৃষ্ণ-নাম সত্য কৃষ্ণ-চরণ-কমল গুণ-ধাম সত্য কৃষ্ণ-নাম-গুণ-শ্রবণ-কীর্তন সত্য কৃষ্ণচন্দ্রের সেবক যে-যে-জন ॥ ১৯৩-১৯৪ ॥

प्रभु बले,—“आजि पडिलाङ कृष्ण-नाम सत्य कृष्ण-चरण-कमल गुण-धाम सत्य कृष्ण-नाम-गुण-श्रवण-कीर्तन सत्य कृष्णचन्द्रेर सेवक ये-ये-जन ॥ १९३-१९४ ॥

prabhu bale,—“āji paḍilāṅa kṛṣṇa-nāma satya kṛṣṇa-caraṇa-kamala guṇa-dhāma satya kṛṣṇa-nāma-guṇa-śravaṇa-kīrtana satya kṛṣṇacandrera sevaka ye-ye-jana || 193-194 ||

prabhu bale,—“aji padilana krsna-nama satya krsna-carana-kamala guna-dhama satya krsna-nama-guna-sravana-kirtana satya krsnacandrera sevaka ye-ye-jana (193-194)

English translation:

(193-194) The Lord replied, “Today I read about the names of Kṛṣṇa. The lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa are in fact the reservoirs of transcendental qualities.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Hearing and chanting about the qualities and names of Kṛṣṇa is the Truth, and the servants of Kṛṣṇacandra are also the Truth.

In answer to Śacīdevīs inquiry, the Lord said, “The lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa are alone the original shelter or source of all transcendental qualities. They are eternal, pure, primeval objects. The eternal occupational duty of all controlled living entities is to hear and chant about the Lord’s transcendental names, forms, qualities, associates, and pastimes, which are completely nondifferent from the person indicated by those names, possessing those forms, exhibiting those qualities, accompanied by those associates, and performing those pastimes. Those devotees who hear and chant Kṛṣṇa’s names, forms, qualities, associates, and pastimes are the eternal Truth.