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CC Antya 20.59

Text

mora sukha — sevane,  kṛṣṇera sukha — saṅgame,
ataeva deha deṅa dāna
kṛṣṇa more ‘kāntā’ kari’,
  kahe more ‘prāṇeśvari’,
mora haya ‘dāsī’-abhimāna

Synonyms

mora sukha — My happiness; sevane — in service; kṛṣṇera sukha — Kṛṣṇa’s happiness; saṅgame — by union with Me; ataeva — therefore; deha — My body; deṅa — I offer; dāna — as charity; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; more — Me; kāntā kari’ — accepting as beloved; kahe — says; more — to Me; prāṇa-īśvari — the most beloved; mora — My; haya — there is; dāsī-abhimāna — considering His maidservant.

Translation

“My happiness is in the service of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa’s happiness is in union with Me. For this reason, I give My body in charity to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, who accepts Me as His loved one and calls Me His most beloved. It is then that I consider Myself His maidservant.