Madhya 21.133

TEXT 133

TEXT

না দিলেক লক্ষ-কোটি, সবে দিলা আঁখি দুটি,
তাতে দিলা নিমিষ-আচ্ছাদন ।
বিধি - জড় তপোধন, রসশূন্য তার মন,
নাহি জানে যোগ্য সৃজন ॥ ১৩৩ ॥

na dileka laksa-koti, sabe dila ahkhi duti,

tate dila nimisa-acchadana

vidhi-jaḍa tapodhana, rasa-sūnya tara mana,

nahi jane yogya srjana

SYNONYMS

na dileka-did not award; laksa-koti-thousands and millions; sabe-only; dila-gave; ahkhi duti-two eyes; tate-in them; dila-gave; nimisa-acchadana-covering of the eyelids; vidhi-creator; jaḍa-dull; tapaḥ-dhana-assets of austerities; rasa-sūnya-without juice; tara-his; mana-mind; nahi jane-does not know; yogya-suitable; srjana-creating.

TRANSLATION

"When the onlooker of Krsna's face becomes dissatisfied in this way, he thinks, 'Why didn't the creator give me thousands and millions of eyes? Why has he given me only two? Even these two eyes are disturbed by blinking, which keeps me from continuously seeing Krsna's face.' Thus one accuses the creator of being dry and tasteless due to engaging in severe austerities. 'The creator is only a dry manufacturer. He does not know how to create and set things in their proper places.

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