CC Antya 1.162 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 162
- sad-vaṁśatas tava janiḥ puruṣottamasya
- pāṇau sthitir muralike saralāsi jātyā
- kasmāt tvayā sakhi guror viṣamā gṛhītā
- gopāṅganā-gaṇa-vimohana-man tra-dīkṣā
SYNONYMS
sat-vaṁśataḥ—very respectable families; tava—your; janiḥ—birth; puruṣottamasya—of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; pāṇau—in the hands; sthitiḥ—residence; muralike—O good flute; saralā—simple; asi—you are; jātyā—by birth; kasmāt—why; tvayā—by you; sakhi—O my dear friend; guroḥ—from the spiritual master; viṣamā—dangerous; gṛhītā—taken; gopā-aṅganā-gaṇa-vimohana—for bewildering the groups of the gopīs; mantra-dīkṣā—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 Śrī Kṛṣṇa. 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 gopīs?'
PURPORT
This verse (Vidagdha-mādhava 5.17) is spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.