Verse 3.5.453

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.453:

যতেক বণিক্-কুল উদ্ধারণ হৈতে পবিত্র হৈল, দ্বিধা নাহিক ইহাতে ॥ ৪৫৩ ॥

यतेक वणिक्-कुल उद्धारण हैते पवित्र हैल, द्विधा नाहिक इहाते ॥ ४५३ ॥

yateka vaṇik-kula uddhāraṇa haite pavitra haila, dvidhā nāhika ihāte || 453 ||

yateka vanik-kula uddharana haite pavitra haila, dvidha nahika ihate (453)

English translation:

(453) There is no doubt that the entire mercantile community was delivered by Uddhāraṇa Datta.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Uddhāraṇa Ṭhākura appeared in the suvarṇa-vaṇik community, the community of bankers and gold merchants. According to social consideration, this community is inferior. Although he appeared in an inferior community, he was the recipient of Śrī Nityānanda’s mercy.

There is no doubt that all the people from inferior communities followed his example and gave up their respective family prestige. Inferior mercantile communities like Kāleyora and Bhāṅgārī also became inclined to worship Hari.