Verse 2.13.11

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.11:

তোমরা করিলে ভিক্ষা, যেই না বলিব তবে আমি চক্র-হস্তে সবারে কাটিব” ॥ ১১ ॥

तोमरा करिले भिक्षा, येइ ना बलिब तबे आमि चक्र-हस्ते सबारे काटिब” ॥ ११ ॥

tomarā karile bhikṣā, yei nā baliba tabe āmi cakra-haste sabāre kāṭiba” || 11 ||

tomara karile bhiksa, yei na baliba tabe ami cakra-haste sabare katiba” (11)

English translation:

(11) “I will take up My cakra and cut off the heads of those who will not chant after being requested by you.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“I will destroy that person who becomes inimical to your request for alms by giving him unlimited misery.” Many people contemplate as follows: Being most merciful, why has the Lord created the cruel misfortunes in this world? The verse tat te ‘nukampāṃ

[tat te ‘nukampāṃ su-samīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṃ vipākam

hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk

“My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his

heart, words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.” (Bhāg. 10.14.8)] is the appropriate answer to this question. If a living entity who is averse to Kṛṣṇa spends his days in material endeavors, then in accordance with the laws of the material world he will achieve miseries for cessation of his material existence.