Verse 2.16.150

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.16.150:

`অকিঞ্চন-প্রাণ কৃষ্ণ’—সর্ব বেদে গায সাক্ষাতে গৌরাঙ্গ এই তাহারে দেখায ॥ ১৫০ ॥

`अकिञ्चन-प्राण कृष्ण’—सर्व वेदे गाय साक्षाते गौराङ्ग एइ ताहारे देखाय ॥ १५० ॥

`akiñcana-prāṇa kṛṣṇa’—sarva vede gāya sākṣāte gaurāṅga ei tāhāre dekhāya || 150 ||

`akincana-prana krsna’—sarva vede gaya saksate gauranga ei tahare dekhaya (150)

English translation:

(150) All the Vedas sing, “Kṛṣṇa is the life and soul of those who have no material possessions.” Gaurāṅga personally demonstrated this.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Kṛṣṇa is like the life and soul of those akiñcanas who have no attachment for any object in this world. This fact is sung by all the Vedas and the literatures in pursuance of the Vedas. Gaurasundara was the ācārya and preacher of that confidential Vedic truth. Through His devoted servants the Lord revealed the insignificance of material conceptions and expertise in abstracting the essence of the Vedas. Those who hear topics about the pastimes of Śuklāmbara and Gaurasundara have undergone the saṃskāra of piercing their spiritual ears, and while rendering loving service at the feet of Caitanyadeva, they become known as “Gauḍīyas” in the form of beggars in the temple of devotional service. But while identifying themselves as Gauḍīyas, they do not try to commit suicide by remaining far away from the service of Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet and thereby becoming averse to the service of Govinda.