Verse 3.8.150

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.8.150:

বৈষ্ণবের ভক্তি এই দেখান সাক্ষাত মহাশ্রমী বৈষ্ণবেরে করে দণ্ডপাত ॥ ১৫০ ॥

वैष्णवेर भक्ति एइ देखान साक्षात महाश्रमी वैष्णवेरे करे दण्डपात ॥ १५० ॥

vaiṣṇavera bhakti ei dekhāna sākṣāta mahāśramī vaiṣṇavere kare daṇḍapāta || 150 ||

vaisnavera bhakti ei dekhana saksata mahasrami vaisnavere kare dandapata (150)

English translation:

(150) The Lord demonstrated Vaiṣṇava behavior by offering respect to other Vaiṣṇavas.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Among the four āśramas, the sannyāsa-āśrama is the topmost. Although He was situated in the sannyāsa-āśrama, Śrī Gaurasundara displayed the pastime of offering obeisances to Vaiṣṇavas situated in other āśramas. If even a young boy is situated in the sannyāsa-āśrama, he is offered obeisances by his father and mother. Although a father is supposed to be always respected by his son, after the son takes sannyāsa, the father must offer respect to his sannyāsī son.