Verse 2.21.28

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.28:

ভাগবত পডাইযা কারো বুদ্ধি-নাশ নিন্দে অবধূত-চাঙ্দে জগত্-নিবাস ॥ ২৮ ॥

भागवत पडाइया कारो बुद्धि-नाश निन्दे अवधूत-चाङ्दे जगत्-निवास ॥ २८ ॥

bhāgavata paḍāiyā kāro buddhi-nāśa ninde avadhūta-cāṅde jagat-nivāsa || 28 ||

bhagavata padaiya karo buddhi-nasa ninde avadhuta-cande jagat-nivasa (28)

English translation:

(28) One who reads Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and blasphemes Avadhūta Nityānanda, the refuge of the universe, loses his sense of discrimination.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

One who externally recites Śrīmad Bhāgavatam yet has no faith in Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, who is situated on the platform of avadhūta paramahaṃsa and who is the basis for all existence throughout the universe, becomes disturbed because of the absence of steady intelligence. Even though learned scholars devoid of devotional service think, “We have attained the qualification to understand Śrīmad Bhāgavatam,” because they blaspheme the shelter of the origin of devotional service, it is to be understood that they have never attained any qualification for understanding Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.