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CC Madhya 10.178

অদ্বৈতবীথীপথিকৈরুপাস্যাঃ, স্বানন্দসিংহাসন-লব্ধদীক্ষাঃ ।
শঠেন কেনাপি বয়ং হঠেন, দাসীকৃতা গোপবধূবিটেন ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
advaita-vīthī-pathikair upāsyāḥ
svānanda-siṁhāsana-labdha-dīkṣāḥ
śaṭhena kenāpi vayaṁ haṭhena
dāsī-kṛtā gopa-vadhū-viṭena

Synonyms

advaita-vīthīof the path of monism; pathikaiḥby the wanderers; upāsyāḥworshipable; sva-ānandaof self-realization; siṁha-āsanaon the throne; labdha-dīkṣāḥbeing initiated; śaṭhenaby a cheater; kena-apisome; vayamI; haṭhenaby force; dāsī-kṛtāmade into a maidservant; gopa-vadhū-viṭenaby a boy engaged in joking with the gopīs..

Translation

Brahmānanda Bhāratī concluded, “ ‘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. It is quoted in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (3.1.44).