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CC Antya 14.43 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 43

"śuna, bāndhava, kṛṣṇera mādhurī
yāra lobhe mora mana, chāḍi' loka-veda-dharma,
yogī hañā ha-ila bhikhārī


SYNONYMS

śuna—please hear; bāndhava—My friends; kṛṣṇera mādhurī—the sweetness of Lord Kṛṣṇa; yāra—for which; lobhe—by the greed; mora mana—My mind; chāḍi'-giving up; loka-veda-dharma—social and Vedic religious principles; yogī hañā—having become a yogī; ha-ila bhikhārī—has become a beggar.


TRANSLATION

"My dear friends," He said, "please hear of Kṛṣṇa's sweetness. Because of a great desire for that sweetness, My mind has given up all social and Vedic religious principles and taken to the profession of begging, exactly like a mystic yogī.