Verse 3.2.439-440

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.2.439-440:

আপনেই উপাসক হৈ’ করে ভক্তি অতএব কে বুঝযে ঈশ্বরের শক্তি আপনার তত্ত্ব প্রভু আপনে সে জানে বেদে, ভাগবতে এই মত সে বাখানে ॥ ৪৩৯-৪৪০ ॥

आपनेइ उपासक है’ करे भक्ति अतएव के बुझये ईश्वरेर शक्ति आपनार तत्त्व प्रभु आपने से जाने वेदे, भागवते एइ मत से वाखाने ॥ ४३९-४४० ॥

āpanei upāsaka hai’ kare bhakti ataeva ke bujhaye īśvarera śakti āpanāra tattva prabhu āpane se jāne vede, bhāgavate ei mata se vākhāne || 439-440 ||

apanei upasaka hai’ kare bhakti ataeva ke bujhaye isvarera sakti apanara tattva prabhu apane se jane vede, bhagavate ei mata se vakhane (439-440)

English translation:

(439-440) The Lord Himself became the worshiper and executed devotional service. Therefore who can understand the potencies of the Supreme Lord? The Lord alone knows His own glories. This is the explanation of the Vedas and the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Since Gaurasundara jumped on to the jewel-studded altar on which the

three deities were seated, the consideration of catur-vyūha arose. In this case Gaurasundara considered Himself a worshiper and not the object of worship as Māyāvādīs do.

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.87.41) it is stated:

dyu-pataya eva te na yayur antam anantata yātvam api yad-antarāṇḍa-nicayā nanu sāvaraṇāḥ

“Because You are unlimited, neither the lords of heaven nor even You Yourself can ever reach the end of Your glories. The countless universes, each enveloped in its shell, wander within You.”