Verse 2.25.91

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.25.91:

শেষে গদাধর-প্রতি বলিলেন বাক্য তুমি বিষ্ণু পূজ’, মোর নাহিক সে ভাগ্য ॥ ৯১ ॥

शेषे गदाधर-प्रति बलिलेन वाक्य तुमि विष्णु पूज’, मोर नाहिक से भाग्य ॥ ९१ ॥

śeṣe gadādhara-prati balilena vākya tumi viṣṇu pūja’, mora nāhika se bhāgya || 91 ||

sese gadadhara-prati balilena vakya tumi visnu puja’, mora nahika se bhagya (91)

English translation:

(91) Eventually He told Gadādhara, “You worship Viṣṇu. I am not fortunate enough.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Whenever Śrī Gaurasundara tried to worship Lord Viṣṇu according to the pāñcarātrika process, He failed every time to show proficiency in the process of arcanā because He was intoxicated by ecstatic love. Being repeatedly unsuccessful in worshiping the Deity, He eventually entrusted the responsibility of worshiping the Deity of Kṛṣṇa to Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita. He said, “I am unfortunate. I am unable to worship with proper etiquette.”

After Śrī Gaurasundara awarded the service of Śrī Gopīnātha to Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita in this pastime, Śrī Gadādhara continued to worship Śrī Gopīnātha in the forest of Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha in Śrī Puruṣottama-kṣetra and accepted disciples according to regulative principles. As a result of worshiping the Deity of the Lord for hundreds of lifetimes, a living entity develops love for chanting the holy names of the Lord. But one should not consider Śrī Gadādhara as such an ordinary living entity forced to

accept the fruits of his karma, rather one should accept him as most dear to Mahāprabhu. The instruction for chanting the holy names of the Lord, which is the ultimate fruit of Deity worship, is given in Śrī Gaurasundara’s Śikṣāṣṭaka.