Verse 2.18.167

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.167:

“জয জয জগত-জননী মহামাযা দুঃখিত জীবেরে দেহ’ রাঙ্গা-পদ-ছাযা ॥ ১৬৭ ॥

“जय जय जगत-जननी महामाया दुःखित जीवेरे देह’ राङ्गा-पद-छाया ॥ १६७ ॥

“jaya jaya jagata-jananī mahāmāyā duḥkhita jīvere deha’ rāṅgā-pada-chāyā || 167 ||

“jaya jaya jagata-janani mahamaya duhkhita jivere deha’ ranga-pada-chaya (167)

English translation:

(167) “All glories to Mahāmāyā, the mother of the universe! Please bestow the shade of Your lotus feet on the suffering living entities.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Mahāmāyā, the mother of the universe, awards various miseries to living entities engaged in material enjoyment. To get freedom from these miseries, they take shelter of her. But at that point they are unable to understand what their actual fate will be when they are freed from those miseries. Only those who are fully surrendered to the Supreme Lord achieve the inclination to serve Kṛṣṇa from Mahāmāyā ādyā-śakti. Only they can understand that severe miseries can be vanquished by the influence of unalloyed service to Kṛṣṇa. Service to the son of Nanda is most auspicious for the living entities—this becomes the subject of their prayers to Kātyāyanī.