Verse 1.9.186

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.186:

নিত্যানন্দে যাহার তিলেক দ্বেষ রহে ভক্ত হৈলে ও সে কৃষ্ণের প্রিয নহে” ॥ ১৮৬ ॥

नित्यानन्दे याहार तिलेक द्वेष रहे भक्त हैले ओ से कृष्णेर प्रिय नहे” ॥ १८६ ॥

nityānande yāhāra tileka dveṣa rahe bhakta haile o se kṛṣṇera priya nahe” || 186 ||

nityanande yahara tileka dvesa rahe bhakta haile o se krsnera priya nahe” (186)

English translation:

(186) “If one has the slightest envy for Nityānanda, he is never favored by Kṛṣṇa even if he appears to be a devotee.”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

It is to be understood that those who disrespect the spiritual master, who is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord, by considering him a mortal being and addressing him as “my spiritual master,” “his spiritual master,” and so on, have not actually accepted the spiritual master as the dearmost associate of Kṛṣṇa. Due to material considerations, people in this world have accepted the spiritual master, who is a direct manifestation of the Supreme Lord, as an object of enjoyment. It is impossible for members of these pseudo sampradāyas to come to the same platform or cooperate with the pure devotees. It is the nature of persons who are envious of the Vaiṣṇavas to consider the spiritual master as an object of enjoyment because any consideration other than, āmāra prabhura prabhu gaurāṅga- sundara/ e baḍa bharasā citte dhari nirantara—“Śrī Gaurāṅga-sundara is

the Lord of my Lord. I always keep this conviction in my heart,” creates thirteen pseudo sampradāyas like āula, bāula, kartābhajā, prākṛta- sahajiyā, sakhī-bhekī, jāti-gosāi, and gaura-nāgarī. Actually if one rejects the concept of guru or disrespects the eternally worshipable Supreme Personality of Godhead’s supreme servitor and attributes abominable, insignificant, mundane considerations on him, then according to the ardha-kukkuti-nyāya, or the logic of accepting half of a hen, his atheistic nature will be revealed. Whenever the so-called spiritual masters of the pseudo sampradāyas display their envy against the pure Vaiṣṇavas, one should abandon those apa-sampradāya so-called gurus, who are actually laghus, or insignificant, understanding them to be envious of the Vaiṣṇavas. One should then search out and take shelter of a pure Vaiṣṇava, who is spiritual master of the entire world and knower of the science of Kṛṣṇa.

Besides members of the Rūpānuga-sampradāya, members of the other thirteen apa-sampradāyas are envious of the devotees who follow Śrī Rūpa, therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa never considers them as dear. That is why people who maintain animosity towards the pure devotee followers of Śrī Rūpa actually become laghu. The spiritual masters who are dear to Kṛṣṇa are always attached to the Vaiṣṇava spiritual masters who follow Śrī Rūpa. On the pretext of devotional service, the members of the apa- sampradāyas appoint someone who is envious of the Supreme Lord as guru and thus maintain their pride. Knowing them as bad association, the pure devotees give up their company and remain firmly fixed at the feet of their spiritual master under the subordination of Śrī Rūpa. While analyzing the answer to the question, “Which person who is accepted as guru is actually a pure Vaiṣṇava, or dearmost to Kṛṣṇa?” if we find that a person does not accept the followers of Śrī Rūpa as his intimate friends, but rather envies them, then such a bogus guru should immediately be totally rejected.