CC Madhya 24.133
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 133
- advaita-vīthī-pathikair upāsyāḥ
- svānanda-siṁhāsana-labdha-dīkṣāḥ
- śaṭhena kenāpi vayaṁ haṭhena
- dāsī-kṛtā gopa-vadhū-viṭena
SYNONYMS
advaita-vīthī — on the path of monism; pathikaiḥ — by the wanderers; upāsyāḥ — worshipable; sva-ānanda — of self-realization; siṁha-āsana — on the throne; labdha-dīkṣāḥ — being initiated; śaṭhena — by a cheater; kena api — some; vayam — I; haṭhena — by force; dāsī-kṛtā — made into a maidservant; gopa-vadhū-viṭena — engaged in joking with the gopīs.
TRANSLATION
"'Although I was worshiped by those on the path of monism and initiated into self-realization through the yoga system, I have nonetheless been forcibly turned into a maidservant by some cunning boy who is always joking with the gopīs.'
PURPORT
This is a verse written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura.