Verse 2.20.6-9

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.20.6-009:

আইলা মুরারি-গুপ্ত হেনৈ সময প্রভুর চরণে দণ্ড-পরণাম হয শেষে নিত্যানন্দেরে করিযা প্রণাম সম্মুখে রহিলা গুপ্ত মহাজ্যোতির্-ধাম মুরারি গুপ্তেরে প্রভু বড সুখী মনে অকপটে মুরারিরে কহেন আপনে “যে করিলা মুরারি, না হয ব্যবহার ব্যতিক্রম করিযা করিলা নমস্কার ॥ ৬-০০৯ ॥

आइला मुरारि-गुप्त हेनै समय प्रभुर चरणे दण्ड-परणाम हय शेषे नित्यानन्देरे करिया प्रणाम सम्मुखे रहिला गुप्त महाज्योतिर्-धाम मुरारि गुप्तेरे प्रभु बड सुखी मने अकपटे मुरारिरे कहेन आपने “ये करिला मुरारि, ना हय व्यवहार व्यतिक्रम करिया करिला नमस्कार ॥ ६-००९ ॥

āilā murāri-gupta henai samaya prabhura caraṇe daṇḍa-paraṇāma haya śeṣe nityānandere kariyā praṇāma sammukhe rahilā gupta mahājyotir-dhāma murāri guptere prabhu baḍa sukhī mane akapaṭe murārire kahena āpane “ye karilā murāri, nā haya vyavahāra vyatikrama kariyā karilā namaskāra || 6-009 ||

aila murari-gupta henai samaya prabhura carane danda-paranama haya sese nityanandere kariya pranama sammukhe rahila gupta mahajyotir-dhama murari guptere prabhu bada sukhi mane akapate murarire kahena apane “ye karila murari, na haya vyavahara vyatikrama kariya karila namaskara (6-009)

English translation:

(6-009) At that time Murāri Gupta came there and offered obeisances at the lotus feet of the Lord. The greatly effulgent Murāri Gupta next offered obeisances to Nityānanda and then stood before Them. The Lord was very pleased with Murāri, so He spoke to him without duplicity, “O Murāri, what you have just done is not proper. You have transgressed etiquette while offering obeisances.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Murāri Gupta offered obeisances first to Lord Gaurasundara and then to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Objecting to the sequence of Murāri Gupta’s obeisances, Mahāprabhu told him, “You have a misconception regarding Baladeva’s senior position and My own junior position. Especially since you are a devotee of Śrī Balarāma. The conclusion is that if the Supreme Lord is worshiped without first worshiping Śrī Guru and Jagad Guru, the proper sequence is broken.” In common language there is a saying: ghoḍāḍiṅgāiyā ghāsa khāite nāi—“One should not jump over the horse to eat the grass.” Without the mercy of Śrī Guru, no one is qualified to serve the Supreme Lord.