Verse 2.21.9-010

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.9-010:

`ভাগবতে মহা-অধ্যাপক’ লোকে ঘোষে মর্ম-অর্থ না জানেন ভক্তি-হীন-দোষে জানিবার যোগ্যতা আছযে কিছু তান কোন্ অপরাধে নহে, কৃষ্ণ সে প্রমাণ ॥ ৯-০১০ ॥

`भागवते महा-अध्यापक’ लोके घोषे मर्म-अर्थ ना जानेन भक्ति-हीन-दोषे जानिबार योग्यता आछये किछु तान कोन् अपराधे नहे, कृष्ण से प्रमाण ॥ ९-०१० ॥

`bhāgavate mahā-adhyāpaka’ loke ghoṣe marma-artha nā jānena bhakti-hīna-doṣe jānibāra yogyatā āchaye kichu tāna kon aparādhe nahe, kṛṣṇa se pramāṇa || 9-010 ||

`bhagavate maha-adhyapaka’ loke ghose marma-artha na janena bhakti-hina-dose janibara yogyata achaye kichu tana kon aparadhe nahe, krsna se pramana (9-010)

English translation:

(9-010) People respected him as a great teacher of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, yet because he was devoid of devotion, he did not know the confidential purport. Even though he had some qualification to understand, he was unable because of some offense that only Kṛṣṇa knew.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Although ordinary people respected Devānanda Paṇḍita as an authority on

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, because he lacked an inclination towards the service

of the Supreme Lord he had no qualification to understand the purport of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. Every living entity is a Vaiṣṇava, so as a living entity Devānanda Paṇḍita also had the qualification for understanding the confidential meaning of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. But since that understanding was dormant in him, he committed an offense out of ignorance. That is why his qualification to understand was absent at that time. Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul in the heart of the living entity. Therefore Kṛṣṇa alone, not short-sighted living entities, knew for what offense Devānanda had committed an offense despite teaching and studying Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.