Verse 3.1.275

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.275:

প্রভু সে জানেন ভক্ত-দুঃখ খণ্ডাইতে হেন প্রভু দুঃখী জীব না ভজে কে-মতে ॥ ২৭৫ ॥

प्रभु से जानेन भक्त-दुःख खण्डाइते हेन प्रभु दुःखी जीव ना भजे के-मते ॥ २७५ ॥

prabhu se jānena bhakta-duḥkha khaṇḍāite hena prabhu duḥkhī jīva nā bhaje ke-mate || 275 ||

prabhu se janena bhakta-duhkha khandaite hena prabhu duhkhi jiva na bhaje ke-mate (275)

English translation:

(275) The Lord knows how to remove the distress of His devotees, so how can a distressed living entity not worship such a Lord?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Being afflicted by the distress of the living entities, the Supreme Lord bestows great mercy on them to remove their distress. But because of their ungratefulness, the living entities do not worship Him. Even if the living entities reciprocally worship the Supreme Lord simply as the remover of their distress, they can become free from aversion to the Lord. In the Padma Purāṇa (Uttara-khaṇḍa, 71.270) it is stated:

nāhaṃ vasāmi vaikuṇṭhe yogināṃ hṛdayena ca mad-bhaktāḥ yatra gāyanti tatra tiṣṭhāmi nārada

“My dear Nārada, actually I do not reside in My abode, Vaikuṇṭha, nor do I reside within the hearts of the yogis, but I reside in that place where My pure devotees chant My holy name and discuss My forms, pastimes, and qualities.” In the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.2.9) it is stated: tarati śokaṃ

tarati pāpmānaṃ—“He [who knows the Lord] becomes free from lamentation and sins.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (4.8.23) it is stated:

nānyaṃ tataḥ padma-palāśa-locanād duḥkha-cchidaṃ te mṛgayāmi kañcana

yo mṛgyate hasta-gṛhīta-padmayāś riyetarair aṅga vimṛgyamāṇayā

“My dear Dhruva, as far as I am concerned, I do not find anyone who can mitigate your distress but the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose eyes are like lotus petals. Many demigods such as Lord Brahmā seek the pleasure of the goddess of fortune, but the goddess of fortune herself, with a lotus flower in her hand, is always ready to render service to the Supreme Lord.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (5.18.20) it is stated:

sa vai patiḥ syād akutobhayaḥ svayaṃ samantataḥ pāti bhayāturaṃ janam

sa eka evetarathā mitho bhayaṃ naivātmalābhād adhi manyate param

“He alone who is never afraid but who, on the contrary, gives complete shelter to all fearful persons can actually become a husband and protector. Therefore, my Lord, you are the only husband, and no one else can claim this position. If you were not the only husband, You would be afraid of others. Therefore persons learned in all Vedic literature accept only Your Lordship as everyone’s master, and they think no one else a better husband and protector than You.” In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (11.19.9) it is stated:

tāpa-trayeṇābhihatasya ghore santapyamānasya bhavādhvanīśa

paśyāmi nānyac charaṇaṃ tavāṅghri- dvandvātapatrād amṛtābhivarṣāt

“My dear Lord, for one who is being tormented on the terrible path of

birth and death and is constantly overwhelmed by the threefold miseries, I do not see any possible shelter other than Your two lotus feet, which are just like a refreshing umbrella that pours down showers of delicious nectar.”