Verse 2.28.173

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.28.173:

ভাগ্যবান্ ন্যাসিবর এতেক চিন্তিতে শুদ্ধা সরস্বতী তান আইলা জিহ্বাতে ॥ ১৭৩ ॥

भाग्यवान् न्यासिबर एतेक चिन्तिते शुद्धा सरस्वती तान आइला जिह्वाते ॥ १७३ ॥

bhāgyavān nyāsibara eteka cintite śuddhā sarasvatī tāna āilā jihvāte || 173 ||

bhagyavan nyasibara eteka cintite suddha sarasvati tana aila jihvate (173)

English translation:

(173) As that fortunate, topmost sannyāsī was thinking like this, Śuddhā Sarasvatī, the transcendental goddess of learning, appeared on his tongue.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The titles used by each class of person within a sampradāya (community) are accepted along with the person’s name in that sampradāya, but in this case Śrī Gaurasundara did not accept the title of Bhāratī from Keśava Bhāratī. By the influence of pure devotional service, the goddess of transcendental knowledge appeared on the tongue of Bhāratī during Mahāprabhu’s name-giving ceremony.