Verse 2.10.281

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.281:

দুষ্কৃতির সরোবরে কভু জল নহে এমন প্রকাশে কি বঞ্চিত জীব হযে? ॥ ২৮১ ॥

दुष्कृतिर सरोवरे कभु जल नहे एमन प्रकाशे कि वञ्चित जीव हये? ॥ २८१ ॥

duṣkṛtira sarovare kabhu jala nahe emana prakāśe ki vañcita jīva haye? || 281 ||

duskrtira sarovare kabhu jala nahe emana prakase ki vancita jiva haye? (281)

English translation:

(281) There can never be any water in the miscreants’ reservoir. Otherwise how could a living entity be cheated out of seeing such revelations?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Those who are unfortunate consider their misfortunes to be assets as great as unfathomable bodies of water, while it should be understood that such vast bodies of water are actually devoid of water. The reason for this is that one who is deprived of seeing the manifest pastimes of Śrī Caitanyadeva is as shelterless as a fish out of water. In Śrī Caitanya- candrāmṛta 5.36, 34, 35) it is stated: “A person who does not take advantage of the nectar of devotional service overflowing during the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s cult is certainly the poorest of the poor. The advent of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is just like an expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not collect the valuable jewels within this ocean is certainly the poorest of the poor. The advent of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is just like an expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not merge in that ocean certainly merges in a great ocean of anarthas.”