एवं जनं निपतितं प्रभवाहिकूपे कामाभिकाममनु य: प्रपतन्प्रसङ्गात् । कृत्वात्मसात् सुरर्षिणा भगवन्गृहीत: सोऽहं कथं नु विसृजे तव भृत्यसेवाम् ॥ २८ ॥
evam janam nipatitam prabhavahi-kupe kamabhikamam anu yah prapatan prasangat krtvatmasat surarsina bhagavan grhitah so ’ham katham nu visrje tava bhrtya-sevam
- evam
- thus
- janam
- people in general
- nipatitam
- fallen
- prabhava
- of material existence
- ahi-kupe
- in a blind well full of snakes
- kama-abhikamam
- desiring the sense objects
- anu
- following
- yah
- the person who
- prapatan
- falling down (in this condition)
- prasangat
- because of bad association or increased association with material desires
- krtva atmasat
- causing me (to acquire spiritual qualities like himself, Sri Narada)
- sura-rsina
- by the great saintly person (Narada)
- bhagavan
- O my Lord
- grhitah
- accepted
- sah
- that person
- aham
- I
- katham
- how
- nu
- indeed
- visrje
- can give up
- tava
- Your
- bhrtya-sevam
- the service of Your pure devotee
My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because of my association with material desires, one after another, I was gradually falling into a blind well full of snakes, following the general populace. But Your servant Narada Muni kindly accepted me as his disciple and instructed me how to achieve this transcendental position. Therefore, my first duty is to serve him. How could I leave his service?