Verse 2.10.271

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.271:

দেহ-মনে নির্বিশেষে যে হযেন দাস সেই সে দেখিতে পায এ সব বিলাস ॥ ২৭১ ॥

देह-मने निर्विशेषे ये हयेन दास सेइ से देखिते पाय ए सब विलास ॥ २७१ ॥

deha-mane nirviśeṣe ye hayena dāsa sei se dekhite pāya e saba vilāsa || 271 ||

deha-mane nirvisese ye hayena dasa sei se dekhite paya e saba vilasa (271)

English translation:

(271) Anyone who renders service to the Lord with his body and mind is able to see these pastimes of the Lord.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

If one is infested with material conceptions, he cannot understand the topics of the Lord’s pastimes. But persons who are indifferent to external vision and devoid of material conceptions can see the Lord’s pastimes. In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (2.7.42) it is stated:

yeṣāṃ sa eṣa bhagavān dayayed anantaḥ sarvātmanāśrita-pado yadi nirvyalīkam te dustarām atitaranti ca deva-māyāṃ

naiṣāṃ mamāham iti dhīḥ śva-śṛgāla-bhakṣye

“But anyone who is specifically favored by the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, due to unalloyed surrender unto the service of the Lord, can overcome the insurmountable ocean of illusion and can understand the Lord. But those who are attached to this body, which is meant to be eaten at the end by dogs and jackals, cannot do so.” In the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.2.3) and the Kaṭha Upaniṣad (1.2.23) it is stated:

nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunāśrutena yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṃ svām

“The Supreme Lord is not obtained by expert explanations, by vast intelligence, nor even by much hearing. He is obtained only by one whom He Himself chooses. To such a person He manifests His own form.”