Verse 3.1.135

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.135:

মত্ত-সিংহ-প্রায প্রভু আনন্দে বিহ্বল বিধি-নিষেধের পার বিহার সকল ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

मत्त-सिंह-प्राय प्रभु आनन्दे विह्वल विधि-निषेधेर पार विहार सकल ॥ १३५ ॥

matta-siṃha-prāya prabhu ānande vihvala vidhi-niṣedhera pāra vihāra sakala || 135 ||

matta-simha-praya prabhu anande vihvala vidhi-nisedhera para vihara sakala (135)

English translation:

(135) Lord Nityānanda was overwhelmed in ecstasy like an intoxicated lion. His pastimes are transcendental to all rules and regulations.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Another reading for pāra (“on the other side of”) is para (“beyond”). In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.2.40) it is stated:

evaṃ-vrataḥ sva-priya-nāma-kīrtyā jātānurāgo druta-citta uccaiḥ hasaty atho roditi rauti gāyaty unmāda-van nṛtyati loka-bāhyaḥ

“When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in chanting the holy name of the Lord, who is very dear to him, he is agitated and loudly chants the holy name. He also laughs, cries, becomes agitated, and chants just like a madman, not caring for outsiders.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.18.28-29) it is stated:

jñāna-niṣṭho virakto vā mad-bhakto vānapekṣakaḥ sa-liṅgān āśramāṃs tyaktvā cared avidhi-gocaraḥ

budho bālaka-vat krīḍet kuśalo jaḍa-vac caret vaded unmatta-vad vidvān go-caryāṃ naigamaś caret

“Giving up the rituals and external regulations pertaining to one’s particular status of life, one should act on the transcendental platform beyond rules and regulations. Although most wise, the paramahaṃsa enjoys life like a child, oblivious to honor and dishonor; although most expert, he behaves like a dull, incompetent person; although most learned, he speaks like an insane person; and although a scholar learned in Vedic regulations, he behaves in an unrestricted manner.”