Verse 2.24.85-086

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.85-086:

আরে বুডা বামনা তোমার ভয নাই আমি অবধূত-মত্ত, ঠাকুরের ভাই স্ত্রীযে পুত্রে গৃহে তুমি পরম সংসারী পরমহংসের পথে আমি অধিকারী ॥ ৮৫-০৮৬ ॥

आरे बुडा वामना तोमार भय नाइ आमि अवधूत-मत्त, ठाकुरेर भाइ स्त्रीये पुत्रे गृहे तुमि परम संसारी परमहंसेर पथे आमि अधिकारी ॥ ८५-०८६ ॥

āre buḍā vāmanā tomāra bhaya nāi āmi avadhūta-matta, ṭhākurera bhāi strīye putre gṛhe tumi parama saṃsārī paramahaṃsera pathe āmi adhikārī || 85-086 ||

are buda vamana tomara bhaya nai ami avadhuta-matta, thakurera bhai striye putre grhe tumi parama samsari paramahamsera pathe ami adhikari (85-086)

English translation:

(85-086) “You old brāhmaṇa, are You not afraid of Me? I am an intoxicated avadhūta, the Lord’s brother. You are a gross materialist living at home with Your wife and children, while I have accepted the path of the paramahaṃsas.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

On the pretext of loving quarrel, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu described Himself as a traveler on the path of the paramahaṃsas. Then to reveal that the vision of materialists is useless, He called Śrī Advaita Prabhu a materially intoxicated householder engaged in maintaining His wife and children. After Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu identified Himself as a paramahaṃsa avadhūta and the elder brother of Śrī Gaurasundara, He referred to Śrī Advaita Prabhu as a senile old man, a poor brāhmaṇa, and an overly courageous person and then made an artificial show of great power to forcibly subjugate Him. This was the outcome of Śrī Advaita Prabhu’s angry statements that indicated love for Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Advaita Prabhu referred to Nityānanda Prabhu as a drunkard, a trespasser, a condemned sannyāsī, a social misfit, an indiscriminate eater of everyone’s remnants, and a violator of Vedic injunctions and then said that if He did not leave Advaita’s house, He would receive severe punishment. In protest of these statements from Advaita, Śrī Nityānanda made this arrogant reply.