Verse 2.13.353

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.13.353:

পশ্চিমার ঘরে ঘরে খাইযাছে ভাত কুল, জন্ম, জাতি কেহ না জানে কোথা’ত ॥ ৩৫৩ ॥

पश्चिमार घरे घरे खाइयाछे भात कुल, जन्म, जाति केह ना जाने कोथा’त ॥ ३५३ ॥

paścimāra ghare ghare khāiyāche bhāta kula, janma, jāti keha nā jāne kothā’ta || 353 ||

pascimara ghare ghare khaiyache bhata kula, janma, jati keha na jane kotha’ta (353)

English translation:

(353) “You have eaten in the houses of people from the west. No one knows about Your family, birth, or caste.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Those who are particularly proud of their country certainly speak harshly about foreigners. People of the east condemn the people of the west as paścimā, or westerners. They criticize them by calling them low-born. No one knew what family, what class, or what place Nityānanda hailed from. He would wander about, eating in the houses of westerners.