Verse 2.3.169-170

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.3.169-170:

এই অবতারে কেহ গৌরচন্দ্র গায নিত্যানন্দ-নাম শুনি’ উঠিযা পলায পূজযে গোবিন্দ যেন, না মানে শঙ্কর এই পাপে অনেকে যাইব যম-ঘর ॥ ১৬৯-১৭০ ॥

एइ अवतारे केह गौरचन्द्र गाय नित्यानन्द-नाम शुनि’ उठिया पलाय पूजये गोविन्द येन, ना माने शङ्कर एइ पापे अनेके याइब यम-घर ॥ १६९-१७० ॥

ei avatāre keha gauracandra gāya nityānanda-nāma śuni’ uṭhiyā palāya pūjaye govinda yena, nā māne śaṅkara ei pāpe aneke yāiba yama-ghara || 169-170 ||

ei avatare keha gauracandra gaya nityananda-nama suni’ uthiya palaya pujaye govinda yena, na mane sankara ei pape aneke yaiba yama-ghara (169-170)

English translation:

(169-170) Some persons sing the glories of Gauracandra in this incarnation and run away when they hear the name of Nityānanda. If one worships Govinda but does not respect Lord Śiva, as a result of this sin he will go to the abode of Yamarāja.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Just as many people who worship the Supreme Lord remain indifferent to the worship of His devotees and nourish hatred towards the devotees and

as a result are eligible for punishment by Yamarāja, similarly those who display a lack of faith for Nityānanda, who is nondifferent from Baladeva Prabhu, while being faithful to Gaurasundara commit offenses and as a result invite misfortune and punishment.

Śrī Rudradeva is the topmost Vaiṣṇava. He is an ācārya and teacher of devotional service to Viṣṇu, therefore anyone who disrespects him does not achieve any benefit. Just as the disciplic succession of Viṣṇusvāmī has originated from Mahādeva, pure devotional service has been propagated in this world by the mercy of Śrī Nityānanda.

arcayitvā tu govindaṃ tadīyān nārcayet tu yaḥna sa bhāgavato jñeyaḥ kevalaṃ dāmbhikaḥ smṛtaḥ

“One who performs worship of Lord Govinda but fails to worship His devotees should be understood to be not a devotee of the Lord but simply a victim of false pride.”

The undivided Absolute Truth, Vrajendra-nandana, and His devotees are one, just as there is no difference between the energy and the energetic. Those who try to make a distinction between Lord Viṣṇu and the Vaiṣṇavas have no possibility of achieving auspiciousness.