Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta 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.'

PURPORT

This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.3.35).

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