Verse 2.23.102

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.23.102:

হরি-নাম-কোলাহল চতুর্-দিকে মাত্র শুনিযা সঙরে কাজীআপনার শাস্ত্র ॥ ১০২ ॥

हरि-नाम-कोलाहल चतुर्-दिके मात्र शुनिया सङरे काजीआपनार शास्त्र ॥ १०२ ॥

hari-nāma-kolāhala catur-dike mātra śuniyā saṅare kājīāpanāra śāstra || 102 ||

hari-nama-kolahala catur-dike matra suniya sanare kajiapanara sastra (102)

English translation:

(102) When the Kazi heard the loud vibration of the Lord’s holy names in the four directions, he immediately remembered his own scriptures.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The residents of India engage in worship of the Lord by following the rules and regulations prescribed in the śrutis, smṛtis, Purāṇas, and Pañcarātras. In that system, the hearing and playing of musical instruments is included. Since sinful people consider the form of the Supreme Lord equal to the enjoyable forms of the material world, they think that the vibration of sounds and musical instruments are impediments to the service of the Supreme Lord. When people renounce

things related to Hari, thinking them to be material, they then consider activities favorable to the service of Hari as unfavorable to the worship of the Supreme Lord. Therefore, because of the misuse of renunciation, the utility of musical instruments for the service of the Supreme Lord is not acceptable to many people. This is part of phalgu-vairāgya, or false renunciation. One must give up musical instruments that intoxicate a living entity and distract him from the service of the Absolute Truth. But any conceptions devoid of proper understanding cannot be accepted as favorable to the service of the Supreme Lord.