Verse 2.10.110

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.110:

স্পর্শের কি দায, দেখিলেই হরিদাস ছিণ্ডে সর্ব-জীবের অনাদি-কর্ম-পাশ ॥ ১১০ ॥

स्पर्शेर कि दाय, देखिलेइ हरिदास छिण्डे सर्व-जीवेर अनादि-कर्म-पाश ॥ ११० ॥

sparśera ki dāya, dekhilei haridāsa chiṇḍe sarva-jīvera anādi-karma-pāśa || 110 ||

sparsera ki daya, dekhilei haridasa chinde sarva-jivera anadi-karma-pasa (110)

English translation:

(110) What to speak of his touch, just by the sight of Haridāsa all of one’s bondage from time immemorial is cut to pieces.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Churning the essence of all scriptures, the author states: “By seeing a

Vaiṣṇava, all good fortune is awakened.” The living entities are bound by the ropes of karma due to material desires from time immemorial. If they see the supremely liberated Haridāsa, then their thirst for material enjoyment will be destroyed and they will be freed from all anarthas, or unwanted things. If such a thing happens just by seeing such a person, then one can certainly expect more auspiciousness from his touch. This is loudly proclaimed in the scriptures. Śrīla Narottama Ṭhākura has sung: gaṅgāra paraśa haile paścāte pāvana, darśane pavitra kara ei tomāra guṇa—“After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times, one becomes purified, but just by the sight of you, the fallen souls are purified. This is your great power.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.1.14) it is stated:

āpannaḥ saṃsṛtiṃ ghorāṃ yan-nāma vivaśo gṛṇan tataḥ sadyo vimucyeta

yad bibheti svayaṃ bhayam

“Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, which is feared by fear personified.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.19.33-34) it is stated:

yeṣāṃ saṃsmaraṇāt puṃsāṃ sadyaḥ śuddhyanti vai gṛhāḥ kiṃ punar darśana-sparśa- pāda-śaucāsanādibhiḥ

sānnidhyāt te mahā-yogin pātakāni mahānty api sadyo naśyanti vai puṃsāṃ viṣṇor iva suretarāḥ

“Simply by our remembering you, our houses become instantly sanctified. And what to speak of seeing you, touching you, washing your

holy feet and offering you a seat in our home? Just as the atheist cannot remain in the presence of the Personality of Godhead, so also the invulnerable sins of a man are immediately vanquished in your presence, O saint! O great mystic!” Also in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.48.31) it is said:

na hy am-mayāni tīrthāni na devā mṛc-chilā-mayāḥ te punanty uru-kālena darśanād eva sādhavaḥ

“No one can deny that there are holy places with sacred rivers, or that the demigods appear in deity forms made of earth and stone. But these purify the soul only after a long time, whereas saintly persons purify just by being seen.”