Verse 2.17.95

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.17.95:

সৃষ্টি-আদি করিতে ও দিযাছেন শক্তি শাস্তি করিলে ও কেহ না করে দ্বিরুক্তি ॥ ৯৫ ॥

सृष्टि-आदि करिते ओ दियाछेन शक्ति शास्ति करिले ओ केह ना करे द्विरुक्ति ॥ ९५ ॥

sṛṣṭi-ādi karite o diyāchena śakti śāsti karile o keha nā kare dvirukti || 95 ||

srsti-adi karite o diyachena sakti sasti karile o keha na kare dvirukti (95)

English translation:

(95) “He gives the power to create, so if He awards punishment, no one can protest.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (2.6.32) it is stated:

sṛjāmi tan-niyukto ‘haṃ haro harati tad-vaśaḥ

“By His will, I create and Lord Śiva destroys.” In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa

(4.1.84) Lord Brahmā speaks as follows:

yasya prasādād aham acyutasya bhūtaḥ prajā sṛṣṭi karo ‘ntakārī

krodhāc ca rudraḥ sthiti hetu bhūto yasmāc ca madhye puruṣaḥ parasmāt

“By the mercy of that infallible Lord, I create the material universe, Rudra, who appeared from the Lord’s anger, annihilates the entire

creation, and Viṣṇu maintains.” In the Mahopaniṣad it is stated: sa brahmaṇā sṛjati, sa rudreṇa vilāpayati—“The Supreme Lord creates progeny through Brahmā and annihilates them through Rudra.” In the Vāmana Purāṇa it is stated:

matsyādi rūpī poṣayati nṛsiṃho rudra saṃsthitaḥ vilāpayed viriñci-stha sṛjyate viṣṇur avyayaḥ

“The inexhaustible Lord Viṣṇu maintains through His various forms like Matsya, annihilates through Nṛsiṃha and Rudra, and creates through Brahmā.”