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THE MAN OF THE STARS  by           ANDREW MARTIN
कर्मिभ्यः परितो हरेः प्रियंतया व्यक्तिं ययुर्नानिन -
स्तेभ्यो ज्ञानविमुक्तभक्तिपरमाः प्रेमैकनिष्ठास्ततः ॥
तेभ्यस्ताः पशुपालपङ्कजदृशस्ताभ्योऽपि सा राधिका
प्रेष्ठा तद्वदियं तदीयससी तां नाश्येत् कः कृती ॥ १० ॥
karmibhyaḥ parito hareḥ priyatayā vyaktiṁ yayur jñāninas tebhyo jñāna-vimukta-bhakti-paramāḥ premaika-niṣṭhās tatah
tebhyas tāḥ paśu-pāla-paṅkaja-dṛśas tābhyo ’pi sā rādhikā preṣṭhā tadvad iyaṁ tadīya-sarasī tāṁ nāśrayet kaḥ kṛtī
karmibhyaḥ —than all fruitive workers;  paritaḥ —in all respects;  hareḥ —by the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  priyatayā —because of being favored;  vyaktim yayuḥ —it is said in the  śāstra ;  jñāninaḥ —those advanced in knowledge;  tebhyaḥ —superior to them;  jñāna-vimukta —liberated by knowledge;  bhakti-paramāḥ —those engaged in devotional service;  prema-eka-niṣṭhāḥ —those who have attained pure love of God;  tataḥ —superior to them;  tebhyaḥ —better than them;  tāḥ —they;  paśu-pāla-paṅkaja-dṛśaḥ —the  gopīs  who are always dependent on Kṛṣṇa, the cowherd boy;  tābhyaḥ —above all of them;  api —certainly;  sā —She;  rādhikā —Śrīmatī Rādhikā;  preṣṭhā —very dear;  tadvat —similarly;  iyam —this;  tadīya-sarasī —Her lake, Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa;  tām —Rādhā-kuṇḍa;  na —not;  āśrayet —would take shelter of;  kaḥ —who;  kṛtī —most fortunate.