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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 7]
TEXT 43
সর্বোত্তম ভজন এই সর্বভক্তি জিনি’।
অতএব কৃষ্ণ কহে,—‘আমি তোমার ঋণী’ ॥ ৪৩ ॥
sarvottama bhajana ei sarva-bhakti jini’ ataeva kṛṣṇa kahe, —‘āmi tomāra ṛṇī’
SYNONYMS
sarva-uttama —above all;  bhajana —devotional service;  ei —this;  sarva-bhakti —all types of  bhakti ;  jini’ —conquering;  ataeva —therefore;  kṛṣṇa kahe —Lord Kṛṣṇa says;  āmi —I;  tomāra —your;  ṛṇī —debtor.
TRANSLATION
“The conjugal love of the gopīs is the most exalted devotional service, surpassing all other methods of bhakti. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa is obliged to say, ‘My dear gopīs, I cannot repay you. Indeed, I am always indebted to you.’
TEXT 44
ন পারয়েহহং নিরবদ্বসংযুজ্যং স্বসাধুকৃত্যং বিবৃধাযুষাপি বঃ । যা মাহভজন্ দুর্জরগেহশৃঙ্খলাঃ সংবৃশ্চ্য তদ্বঃ প্রতিযাতু সাধুনা ॥ ৪৪ ॥
na pāraye ‘haṁ niravadya-saṁyujāṁ sva-sādhu-kṛtyaṁ vibudhāyuṣāpi vaḥ yā mābhajan durjaya-geha-śṛṅkhalāḥ saṁvṛścya tad vaḥ pratiyātu sādhunā
SYNONYMS
na —not;  pāraye —am able to make;  aham —I;  niravadya-saṁyujām —to those who are completely free from deceit;  sva-sādhu-kṛtyam —proper compensation;  vibudha-āyuṣā —with a lifetime as long as that of the demigods;  api —although;  vaḥ —to you;  yāḥ —who;  mā —Me;  abhajan —have worshiped;  durjaya-geha-śṛṅkhalāḥ —the chains of household life, which are difficult to overcome;  saṁvṛścya —cutting;  tat —that;  vaḥ —of you;  pratiyātu —let it be returned;  sādhunā —by the good activity itself.