Verse 2.27.15

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.27.15:

লোক-শিক্ষা-নিমিত্ত সে আমার সন্ন্যাস এতেকে তোমরা সব চিন্ত কর নাশ” ॥ ১৫ ॥

लोक-शिक्षा-निमित्त से आमार सन्न्यास एतेके तोमरा सब चिन्त कर नाश” ॥ १५ ॥

loka-śikṣā-nimitta se āmāra sannyāsa eteke tomarā saba cinta kara nāśa” || 15 ||

loka-siksa-nimitta se amara sannyasa eteke tomara saba cinta kara nasa” (15)

English translation:

(15) “My sannyāsa is meant to teach people, so you should all give up your anxiety.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Gaurasundara accepted sannyāsa to instruct people. By taking sannyāsa, He enacted the pastime of taking the opportunity to see how and where Lord Kṛṣṇa was performing His pastimes with various people in various parts of India. Unless so-called “Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas” who lack

sufficient knowledge take sannyāsa from the current of formidable offensive thought that flows among them, they will never achieve any auspiciousness. The principal teaching for people in general is to give up everything that is unfavorable to devotional service. One can never realize the essential nature of devotional service if one sees the material world with a spirit of enjoyment. In this kingdom of anxiety the concept of sambhoga-vāda, the philosophy of enjoyment, transforms into the prākṛta-sahajiyā philosophy.