Verse 2.13.44

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.44:

শাস্ত্র পডিযা ও কারো কারো বুদ্ধি-নাশ নিত্যানন্দ-নিন্দা করে, হবে সর্ব-নাশ ॥ ৪৪ ॥

शास्त्र पडिया ओ कारो कारो बुद्धि-नाश नित्यानन्द-निन्दा करे, हबे सर्व-नाश ॥ ४४ ॥

śāstra paḍiyā o kāro kāro buddhi-nāśa nityānanda-nindā kare, habe sarva-nāśa || 44 ||

sastra padiya o karo karo buddhi-nasa nityananda-ninda kare, habe sarva-nasa (44)

English translation:

(44) Even after studying the scriptures, many persons lose their intelligence and bring about their utter ruin by blaspheming Nityānanda.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Even after studying the scriptures, many people lose their intelligence because they fail to accept the beneficial instructions of the scriptures. It is their nature to remain inattentive to the purport of the scriptures because they constantly engage in blaspheming others. Those who blaspheme the origin of all spiritual masters, Jagad-guru Nityānanda, by finding faults in His activities, certainly invite inauspiciousness. That is

why verses like dṛṣṭaiḥ svabhāva-janitair and api cet su-durācāro

[dṛṣṭaiḥ svabhāva-janitair vapuṣaś ca doṣair na prākṛtatvam iha bhakta janasya paśyet

gaṅgāmbhasāṃ na khalu budbuda-phena-paṅkair brahma-dravatvam apagacchati nīra-dharmaiḥ

“Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body. Such a devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view. Indeed, one should overlook a devotee’s having a body born in a low family, a body with a bad complexion, a deformed body, or a diseased or infirm body. According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted. It is exactly like the waters of the Ganges, which sometimes during the rainy season are full of bubbles, foam and mud.

The Ganges waters do not become polluted. Those who are advanced in spiritual understanding will bathe in the Ganges without considering the condition of the water.” (Upadeśāmṛta 6)

api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ

“Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination.” (Bg.9.30)]

have incarnated. Those who due to narrow-mindedness find faults in their spiritual master can never achieve any benefit from Śrī Gurudeva. Their concept is that since Śrī Gurudeva has fallen into inauspiciousness, it is their duty to deliver him. Such a concept brings about their ruination.