Verse 2.10.109

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.109:

হরিদাস-স্পর্শ বাঞ্ছা করে দেব-গণ গঙ্গা ও বাঞ্ছেন হরিদাসের মজ্জন ॥ ১০৯ ॥

हरिदास-स्पर्श वाञ्छा करे देव-गण गङ्गा ओ वाञ्छेन हरिदासेर मज्जन ॥ १०९ ॥

haridāsa-sparśa vāñchā kare deva-gaṇa gaṅgā o vāñchena haridāsera majjana || 109 ||

haridasa-sparsa vancha kare deva-gana ganga o vanchena haridasera majjana (109)

English translation:

(109) The demigods desire the touch of Haridāsa, and Gaṅgā awaits Haridāsa’s bath in her waters.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Gaṅgā, the deliverer of the fallen souls, desires that Haridāsa take bath in her waters. In descriptions on the strength of sādhana, the dust of the devotees’ feet and the water that has washed the devotees’ feet are said to be supreme. The Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 16.60) states: “The dust of the feet of a devotee, the water that has washed the feet of a devotee, and the remnants of food left by a devotee are three very powerful substances.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (9.9.6) it is stated:

śrī-bhagīratha uvāca sādhavo nyāsinaḥ śāntā brahmiṣṭhā loka-pāvanāḥ

haranty aghaṃ te ‘ṅga-saṅgāt teṣv āste hy agha-bhid dhariḥ

“Those who are saintly because of devotional service and are therefore in the renounced order, free from material desires, and who are pure devotees, expert in following the regulative principles mentioned in the Vedas, are always glorious and pure in behavior and are able to deliver all fallen souls. When such pure devotees bathe in your water, the sinful reactions accumulated from other people will certainly be counteracted, for such devotees always keep in the core of their hearts the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can vanquish all sinful reactions.”