Verse 2.19.96

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.19.96:

ন্যাসী হৈযা মদ্য পিযে, স্ত্রী-সঙ্গ আচরে তথাপি ঠাকুর গেলা তাহার মন্দিরে ॥ ৯৬ ॥

न्यासी हैया मद्य पिये, स्त्री-सङ्ग आचरे तथापि ठाकुर गेला ताहार मन्दिरे ॥ ९६ ॥

nyāsī haiyā madya piye, strī-saṅga ācare tathāpi ṭhākura gelā tāhāra mandire || 96 ||

nyasi haiya madya piye, stri-sanga acare tathapi thakura gela tahara mandire (96)

English translation:

(96) Although this sannyāsī drank wine and intimately associated with women, the Lord visited his house.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

People who enjoy other’s wives and drink wine are not accepted as pious in this world. No one goes to the house of a sinful person to associate with him. Śrī Gaura-Nityānanda bestowed mercy on even this dārī sannyāsīto reveal that in a comparison of various kinds of association the association of Māyāvādīs is more abominable and undesirable than the association of drunkards. But They revealed that the association of the Māyāvādī Vedāntists of Kāśī was even more undesirable. The licentious

drunkards are only sinful, but the Māyāvādīs are envious of the Supreme Lord and His devotees, therefore they are eternally offenders. Sins are exhaustible, but imperishable sins like spiritual suicide resulting from offense do not allow one to give up his false identification. As a result of offenses, the eternal good fortune and supreme auspiciousness of living entities are destroyed forever. When piety is accumulated, sinful reactions are destroyed. But the result of offenses is more inauspicious than sin in all respects.