Verse 2.1.343

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.343:

কৃষ্ণ মাতা, কৃষ্ণ পিতা, কৃষ্ণ প্রাণ ধন চরণে ধরিযা বলি,—’কৃষ্ণে দেহ, মন’” ॥ ৩৪৩ ॥

कृष्ण माता, कृष्ण पिता, कृष्ण प्राण धन चरणे धरिया बलि,—’कृष्णे देह, मन’” ॥ ३४३ ॥

kṛṣṇa mātā, kṛṣṇa pitā, kṛṣṇa prāṇa dhana caraṇe dhariyā bali,—’kṛṣṇe deha, mana’” || 343 ||

krsna mata, krsna pita, krsna prana dhana carane dhariya bali,—’krsne deha, mana’” (343)

English translation:

(343) “Kṛṣṇa is your mother, Kṛṣṇa is your father, Kṛṣṇa is your life and wealth. I fall at your feet and beg you to engage your minds in thinking of Kṛṣṇa.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Caitanya-candrāmṛta (90) it is stated:

dante nidhāya tṛṇakaṃ padayor nipatya kṛtvā ca kāku-śatam etad ahaṃ bravīmi

he sādhavaḥ sakalam eva vihāya dūrād gaurāṅga-candra-caraṇe kurutānurāgam

“Taking a straw in my teeth I fall at your feet hundreds of times and implore you with sweet words, saying, ‘O noble soul! Please throw out everything you have learned and cultivate attachment to the lotus feet of Śrī Gaurāṅga.’”

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (7.1.32) Nārada Muni speaks to Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira as follows: tasmāt kenāpy upāyena manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet—“Somehow or other, one must engage his mind in thinking of Kṛṣṇa.”