क्वाहं दरिद्र: पापीयान् क्व कृष्ण: श्रीनिकेतन: । ब्रह्मबन्धुरिति स्माहं बाहुभ्यां परिरम्भित: ॥ १६ ॥
kvāhaṁ daridraḥ pāpīyān kva kṛṣṇaḥ śrī-niketanaḥ brahma-bandhur iti smāhaṁ bāhubhyāṁ parirambhitaḥ
- kva
- who am
- aham
- I
- daridraḥ
- poor
- pāpīyān
- sinful
- kva
- who is
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- śrī-niketanaḥ
- the transcendental form of all opulence
- brahma-bandhuḥ
- the friend of a brāhmaṇa, not fit even to be called a brāhmaṇa
- iti
- thus
- sma
- certainly
- aham
- I
- bāhubhyām
- by the arms
- parirambhitaḥ
- embraced
Who am I? A sinful, poor friend of a brāhmaṇa. And who is Kṛṣṇa? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in six opulences. Nonetheless, He has embraced me with His two arms.