Verse 2.21.19

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.19:

ভাগবত-তত্ত্ব প্রভু কহে ক্রোধাবেশে শুনিযা বৈষ্ণব-গণ মহানন্দে ভাসে ॥ ১৯ ॥

भागवत-तत्त्व प्रभु कहे क्रोधावेशे शुनिया वैष्णव-गण महानन्दे भासे ॥ १९ ॥

bhāgavata-tattva prabhu kahe krodhāveśe śuniyā vaiṣṇava-gaṇa mahānande bhāse || 19 ||

bhagavata-tattva prabhu kahe krodhavese suniya vaisnava-gana mahanande bhase (19)

English translation:

(19) In anger, the Lord narrated the glories of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and the Vaiṣṇavas floated in an ocean of bliss as they listened.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Devānanda Paṇḍita was desirous of liberation. According to his conceptions based on conditioned life he highly regarded activities like austerities and detachment. He had no conception at all regarding spiritual life. Since he was absorbed in the idea that the goal of life is to become liberated from this world, he was unable to grasp the purport of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. No one covered by karma or jñāna attains self- realization, therefore they are unable to realize the eternal nature of worshiping the Supreme Lord. When people who are forgetful of the self and bereft of the Supreme Lord’s service display indifference towards the service of the Lord, and when they consider this the goal of life, then the most merciful Śrī Gaurasundara manifests detachment for such behavior of the nondevotees. To reveal for their benefit that such behavior is extremely abominable and unnecessary, the Lord disclosed that both enjoying or renouncing the fruits of karma are extremely improper. On seeing this angry mood of the Lord, the Vaiṣṇavas became jubilant.