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.