Verse 2.25.61

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.25.61:

নির্বন্ধ ঘুচিল, আর রহিতে না পারি এবে চলিলাঙ অন্য নির্বন্ধিত-পুরি ॥ ৬১ ॥

निर्बन्ध घुचिल, आर रहिते ना पारि एबे चलिलाङ अन्य निर्बन्धित-पुरि ॥ ६१ ॥

nirbandha ghucila, āra rahite nā pāri ebe calilāṅa anya nirbandhita-puri || 61 ||

nirbandha ghucila, ara rahite na pari ebe calilana anya nirbandhita-puri (61)

English translation:

(61) “That destined time is now completed, so I cannot remain longer. Now I am going to another predestined body.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

“I cannot stay longer than I was destined by the will of the Lord to live as the son of Śrīvāsa. Therefore I will certainly accept a body that is suitable for the place I am destined to go.”

Through the child’s mouth, Śrī Gaurasundara revealed to the people of the world the philosophy of reincarnation. The gross and subtle bodies are not eternal. The spirit soul accepts these gross and subtle bodies as coverings and when required is later forced to give them up. The living entity’s acceptance of gross and subtle bodies and his wandering on the gross and subtle platforms result from the influence of identifying himself as the doer and the activities he performs. The spirit soul never wanders on the platforms of karma and jñāna. The two abodes of sense enjoyment and liberation are never suitable dwelling places for the existence of the spirit soul. Everyone does not have the good fortune of attaining the association of Śrī Gaurasundara and His associates, therefore thirst for sense gratification or liberation and aversion to the service of the Supreme Lord are found within human nature.