Verse 2.10.315-316

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.315-316:

কেহ যেন শর্করায নিম্ব-স্বাদু পায তার দৈব,—শর্করার স্বাদু নাহি যায এই মত চৈতন্যের পরানন্দ-যশ শুনিতে না পায সুখ হৈ’ দৈব-বশ ॥ ৩১৫-৩১৬ ॥

केह येन शर्कराय निम्ब-स्वादु पाय तार दैव,—शर्करार स्वादु नाहि याय एइ मत चैतन्येर परानन्द-यश शुनिते ना पाय सुख है’ दैव-वश ॥ ३१५-३१६ ॥

keha yena śarkarāya nimba-svādu pāya tāra daiva,—śarkarāra svādu nāhi yāya ei mata caitanyera parānanda-yaśa śunite nā pāya sukha hai’ daiva-vaśa || 315-316 ||

keha yena sarkaraya nimba-svadu paya tara daiva,—sarkarara svadu nahi yaya ei mata caitanyera parananda-yasa sunite na paya sukha hai’ daiva-vasa (315-316)

English translation:

(315-316) If someone considers the taste of sugar candy to be bitter, that is his misfortune, for sugar candy never loses its sweetness. In the same way, one does not feel happy hearing the blissful glories of Lord Caitanya only due to misfortune.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Due to his own misfortune a person accepts a sweet object to be bitter. As a result of the unwanted conception that is awakened due to his misfortune, the actual sweet taste is lost. Unfortunate persons do not

obtain any happiness while hearing the transcendentally blissful glories of Lord Caitanya.