Verse 2.21.41

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.21.41:

প্রভু বলে,—“তোমার নাহিক যা’তে ইচ্ছানা উঠিব, তোর বাক্য না করিব মিছা” ॥ ৪১ ॥

प्रभु बले,—“तोमार नाहिक या’ते इच्छाना उठिब, तोर वाक्य ना करिब मिछा” ॥ ४१ ॥

prabhu bale,—“tomāra nāhika yā’te icchānā uṭhiba, tora vākya nā kariba michā” || 41 ||

prabhu bale,—“tomara nahika ya’te icchana uthiba, tora vakya na kariba micha” (41)

English translation:

(41) The Lord said, “I will not enter if that is your desire. I will not make your words false.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

When in spite of Śrīvāsa forbidding Śrīman Mahāprabhu from entering the tavern the Lord said that He would not listen to His devotees’ request, Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita decided to drown himself in the waters of the Ganges. On hearing this, Lord Śrī Gaurasundara gave up His own resolution to act contrary to His devotees’ desire. Lord Gaurasundara did not give up the principles of pure goodness and approve any topics born of the modes of passion or ignorance. But in this case, when the exalted devotee Śrīvāsa saw that the opportunity for enacting pastimes in mixed goodness was arising, he properly expressed his determination to stop Śrī Gaurasundara from doing so. Many people think that since Śrī Gaurasundara is omnipotent He is able to incorporate the modes of passion and ignorance in His pastimes, but the actual pure devotees of the Lord give up such conceptions of pure goodness and thereby do not establish the Supreme Lord as the sanctioner of adulterated pastimes.