Nectar Verse 3

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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.3.35) quoted in Cc Madhya 23.29:

 

na prema sravanadi-bhaktir api va yogo 'tha va 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

 

SYNONYMS

 

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; atha va-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; tatha-api-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.

 

TRANSLATION

 

"`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.'