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CC Madhya 25.73

Bengali

শ্রেষ্ঠ হঞা কেনে কর হীনের বন্দন ।
আমার সর্বনাশ হয়, তুমি ব্ৰহ্ম-সম ॥ ৭৩ ॥

Text

śreṣṭha hañā kene kara hīnera vandana
āmāra sarva-nāśa haya, tumi brahma-sama

Synonyms

śreṣṭha hañā — being a more honorable person; kene — why; kara — you do; hīnera — of an inferior person; vandana — worship; āmāra sarva-nāśa haya — I become minimized in My strength; tumi brahma-sama — you are equal with the impersonal Brahman.

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “You are a great, spiritually advanced personality, and therefore you cannot worship a person like Me. I am far inferior. If you do so, My spiritual power will be diminished, for you are as good as the impersonal Brahman.