Antya 4.170

TEXT 170

TEXT

বহিরঙ্গ-জ্ঞানে তোমারে না করি স্তবন ।
তোমার গুণে স্তুতি করায় যৈছে তোমার গুণ ॥ ১৭০ ॥

bahiraṅga-jnane tomare na kari stavana

tomara gune stuti karaya yaiche tomara guna

SYNONYMS

bahiraṅga-jnane-thinking outside My intimate relationship; tomare-unto you; na kari-I do not; stavana-offer praise; tomara-your; gune-by qualifications; stuti karaya-one is induced to offer prayers; yaiche-as; tomara-your; guna-attributes.

TRANSLATION

"I offer you praise not because I think of you as being outside an intimate relationship with Me but because you are actually so qualified that one is forced to praise your qualities.

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