ন প্রেমা শ্রবণাদিভক্তিরপি বা যোগোঽথবা বৈষ্ণবো
জ্ঞানং বা শুভকর্ম বা কিয়দহো সজ্জাতিরপ্যস্তি বা ।
হীনার্থাধিকসাধকে ত্বয়ি তথাপ্যচ্ছেদ্যমূলা সতী
হে গোপীজনবল্লভ ব্যথয়তে হা হা মদাশৈব মাম্ ॥ ২৯ ॥
na prema sravanadi-bhaktir api va yogo 'thava vaisnavo
jnanam va subha-karma va kiyad aho saj-jatir apy asti va
hinarthadhika-sadhake tvayi tathapy acchedya-mula sati
he gopi-jana-vallabha vyathayate ha ha mad-asaiva mam
na-not; prema-love of Godhead; sravana-adi-consisting of chanting, hearing and so on; bhaktih-devotional service; api-also; va-or; yogah-the power of mystic yoga; athava-or; vaisnavah-befitting a devotee; jnanam-knowledge; va-or; subha-karma-pious activities; va-or; kiyat-a little; aho-O my Lord; sat-jatih-birth in a good family; api-even; asti-there is; va-or; hina-artha-adhika-sadhake-who bestows greater benedictions upon one who is fallen and possesses no good qualities; tvayi-unto You; tathapi-still; acchedya-mula-whose root is uncuttable; sati-being; he-O; gopi-jana-vallabha-most dear friend of the gopis; vyathayate-gives pain; ha ha-alas; mat-my; asa-hope; eva-certainly; mam-to me.
" 'O my Lord, I do not have any love for You, nor am I qualified for discharging devotional service by chanting and hearing. Nor do I possess the mystic power of a Vaisnava, knowledge or pious activities. Nor do I belong to a very high-caste family. On the whole, I do not possess anything. Still, O beloved of the gopis, because You bestow Your mercy on the most fallen, I have an unbreakable hope that is constantly in my heart. That hope is always giving me pain.'
This verse is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.3.35).