Madhya 10.178

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অদ্বৈতবীথীপথিকৈরুপাস্যাঃ, স্বানন্দসিংহাসন-লব্ধদীক্ষাঃ ।
শঠেন কেনাপি বয়ং হঠেন, দাসীকৃতা গোপবধূবিটেন ॥ ১৭৮ ॥

advaita-vithi-pathikair upasyah

svananda-simhasana-labdha-diksah

sathena kenapi vayam hathena

dasi-krta gopa-vadhu-vitena

SYNONYMS

advaita-vithi-of the path of monism; pathikaih-by the wanderers; upasyah-worshipable; sva-ananda-of self-realization; simhasana-on the throne; labdha-diksah-being initiated; sathena-by a cheater; kenapi-some; vayam-I; hathena-by force; dasi-krta-made into a maidservant; gopa-vadhu-vitena-by a boy engaged in joking with the gopis.

TRANSLATION

Brahmananda Bharati concluded, " 'Although I was worshiped by those on the path of monism and initiated into self-realization through the yoga system, I am nonetheless forcibly turned into a maidservant by some cunning boy who is always joking with the gopis.' "

PURPORT

This is a verse written by Bilvamaṅgala Thakura. It is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (3.1.44).

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