Slandered, misled, frustrated, foolish, mad and proud; still my mind does not budge..

[krsna]

Srila Mädhavendra Puri Goswami said:

 

mugdham mäm nigadantu niti-nipunä bhräntam muhur vaidikäh

mandam bändhava-sanchayä jata-dhiyam muktädaräh sodaräh

unmattam dhanino viveka-chaturäh kämam mahä-dämbhikam

moktum na kshämate manäg api mano govinda-päda-sprihäm

 

“Let the sharp moralist accuse me of being illusioned; I do not mind. Experts in Vedic activities may slander me as being misled, friends and relatives may call me frustrated, my brothers may call me a fool, the wealthy mammonites may point me out as mad, and the learned philosophers may assert that I am much too proud; still my mind does not budge an inch from the determination to serve the lotus feet of Govinda, though I be unable to do it.”