Antya 1.162

TEXT 162

TEXT

সদ্বংশতস্তব জনিঃ পুরুষোত্তমস্য পাণৌ স্থিতির্মুরলিকে সরলাসি জাত্যা ।
কস্মাত্ত্বয়া সখি গুরোর্বিষমা গৃহীতা গোপাঙ্গনাগণবিমোহনমন্ত্রদীক্ষা ॥ ১৬২ ॥

sad-vamsatas tava janih purusottamasya

panau sthitir muralike saralasi jatya

kasmat tvaya sakhi guror visama grhita

gopaṅgana-gana-vimohana-mantra-diksa

SYNONYMS

sat-vamsatah-very respectable families; tava-your; janih-birth; purusottamasya-of Lord Sri Krsna; panau-in the hands; sthitih-residence; muralike-O good flute; sarala-simple; asi-you are; jatya-by birth; kasmat-why; tvaya-by you; sakhi-O my dear friend; guroh-from the spiritual master; visama-dangerous; grhita-taken; gopa-aṅgana-gana-vimohana-for bewildering the groups of the gopis; mantra-diksa-initiation in the mantra.

TRANSLATION

" 'My dear friend the flute, it appears that you have been born of a very good family, for your residence is in the hands of Sri Krsna. By birth you are simple and are not at all crooked. Why then have you taken initiation into this dangerous mantra that enchants the assembled gopis?'

PURPORT

This verse (Vidagdha-madhava 5.17) is spoken by Srimati Radharani.