Verse 3.5.285

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.285:

আপনা সম্বরি’ মালা গাঙ্থিযা সত্বরে আনিলেন নিত্যানন্দ-প্রভুর গোচরে ॥ ২৮৫ ॥

आपना सम्वरि’ माला गाङ्थिया सत्वरे आनिलेन नित्यानन्द-प्रभुर गोचरे ॥ २८५ ॥

āpanā samvari’ mālā gāṅthiyā satvare ānilena nityānanda-prabhura gocare || 285 ||

apana samvari’ mala ganthiya satvare anilena nityananda-prabhura gocare (285)

English translation:

(285) He then checked his emotions and quickly prepared a garland, which he brought to Nityānanda Prabhu.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

By the order of Śrī Nityānanda, Rāghava Paṇḍita found kadamba flowers in the lime tree. He prepared a garland with those flowers and offered it to Nityānanda Prabhu. At that time it was impossible to find kadamba flowers. Kadamba flowers generally blossom in the beginning of the rainy season during the month of Āṣāḍha (June-July). But it was not that

time. Although from the external point of view it was impossible to find kadamba flowers, especially in a lime tree, it is never impossible in pastimes that are transcendental to material nature. Those who are adorned with spiritual realization do not enter into the arguments of this external world. A service-inclined heart checks a living entity’s inclination for enjoying this material world and helps him enter the kingdom of devotional service. In that state one’s ego does not remain confined to mundane relationships.