Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 177 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.177

এতে ঽলিনস্তব যশো ঽখিললোকতীর্থং গাযন্ত আদিপুরুষানুপথং ভজন্তে প্রাযো অমী মুনিগণা ভবদীযমুখ্যা গূঢং বনে ঽপি ন জহত্যনঘাত্মদৈবম্

एते ऽलिनस्तव यशो ऽखिललोकतीर्थं गायन्त आदिपुरुषानुपथं भजन्ते प्रायो अमी मुनिगणा भवदीयमुख्या गूढं वने ऽपि न जहत्यनघात्मदैवम्

ete 'linas tava yaśo 'khila-loka-tīrthaṁ gāyanta ādi-puruṣānupathaṁ bhajante prāyo amī muni-gaṇā bhavadīya-mukhyā gūḍhaṁ vane 'pi na jahaty anaghātma-daivam

Synonyms

eteall these; alinaḥbees; tavaYour; yaśaḥreputation; akhilaall; loka-tīrthamauspicious for the planets; gāyanteare singing; ādi-puruṣaO original person; anupathamalong the path; bhajantethey are engaged in transcendental loving service; prāyaḥalmost; amīthese; muni-gaṇāḥgreat saintly persons; bhavadīyain relation with You; mukhyāḥvery advanced devotees; gūḍhamunknown; vanein the forest; apialthough; nanot; jahatigive up; anaghaO personality of transcendental goodness; ātma-daivamtheir worshipable Deity..

Translation

" 'O good fortune personified! O original Personality of Godhead, all these bees are chanting about Your transcendental fame, which will purify the entire universe. Indeed, they are following Your path in the forest and are worshiping You. Actually they are all saintly persons, but now they have taken the form of bees. Although You are playing like a human being, they could not forget that You are their worshipable Deity.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.15.6). Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were just on the verge of boyhood and were entering the forest of Vṛndāvana when Kṛṣṇa began to offer prayers to please Balarāma.

Verse 177 of 355
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