Verse 2.18.175-176

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.18.175-176:

জগত জননী তুমি দ্বিতীয-রহিতা মহী-রূপে তুমি সর্ব-জীব পাল’ মাতা জল-রূপে তুমি সর্ব-জীবের জীবন তোমা’ সঙরিলে খণ্ডে অশেষ বন্ধন ॥ ১৭৫-১৭৬ ॥

जगत जननी तुमि द्वितीय-रहिता मही-रूपे तुमि सर्व-जीव पाल’ माता जल-रूपे तुमि सर्व-जीवेर जीवन तोमा’ सङरिले खण्डे अशेष बन्धन ॥ १७५-१७६ ॥

jagata jananī tumi dvitīya-rahitā mahī-rūpe tumi sarva-jīva pāla’ mātā jala-rūpe tumi sarva-jīvera jīvana tomā’ saṅarile khaṇḍe aśeṣa bandhana || 175-176 ||

jagata janani tumi dvitiya-rahita mahi-rupe tumi sarva-jiva pala’ mata jala-rupe tumi sarva-jivera jivana toma’ sanarile khande asesa bandhana (175-176)

English translation:

(175-176) “You are the mother of the universe, and You are without a second. O mother, in the form of earth, You maintain all living entities. In the

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

form of water, You are the life of all living entities. Remembrance of You destroys all bondage.

“Although You are the unrivaled spiritual energy, in Your specific manifestation You are the mother of this material universe. Another manifestation of You, this earth, is seen as the mother of the conditioned souls. You, in the form of water, are like the life of all living entities. By remembering Your spiritual potencies the living entities become freed from the unlimited material conceptions created by māyā and are thus able to give up illusion.”