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CC Madhya 15.48

Bengali

তাঁর সেবা ছাড়ি’ আমি করিয়াছি সন্ন্যাস ।
ধর্ম নহে, করি আমি নিজ ধর্ম-নাশ ॥ ৪৮ ॥

Text

tāṅra sevā chāḍi’ āmi kariyāchi sannyāsa
dharma nahe, kari āmi nija dharma-nāśa

Synonyms

tāṅra sevā chāḍi’ — giving up her service; āmi — I; kariyāchi — accepted; sannyāsa — the renounced order of life; dharma nahe — it is not My religion; kari — perform; āmi — I; nija dharma-nāśa — destruction of My religious principles.

Translation

“I have given up the service of My mother and have accepted the sannyāsa order. Actually I should not have done this, for by so doing I have destroyed My religious principles.