न वयं नरदेव प्रमत्ता भवन्नियमानुपथा: साध्वेव वहाम: । अयमधुनैव नियुक्तोऽपि न द्रुतं व्रजति नानेन सह वोढुमु ह वयं पारयाम इति ॥ ४ ॥
na vayam nara-deva pramatta bhavan-niyamanupathah sadhv eva vahamah ayam adhunaiva niyukto ’pi na drutam vrajati nanena saha vodhum u ha vayam parayama iti.
- na
- not
- vayam
- we
- nara-deva
- O lord among human beings (the king is supposed to be the representative of deva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
- pramattah
- neglectful in our duties
- bhavat-niyama-anupathah
- who are always obedient to your order
- sadhu
- properly
- eva
- certainly
- vahamah
- we are carrying
- ayam
- this man
- adhuna
- just recently
- eva
- indeed
- niyuktah
- being engaged to work with us
- api
- although
- na
- not
- drutam
- very quickly
- vrajati
- works
- na
- not
- anena
- him
- saha
- with
- vodhum
- to carry
- u ha
- oh
- vayam
- we
- parayamah
- are able
- iti
- thus
O lord, please note that we are not at all negligent in discharging our duties. We have been faithfully carrying this palanquin according to your desire, but this man who has been recently engaged to work with us cannot walk very swiftly. Therefore we are not able to carry the palanquin with him.