Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.1.178; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 2.1.178
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
दुर्लङ्घ्याज्ञो, यथा तृतीये (३.२.२१) —
बलिं हरद्भिश् चिर-लोक-पालैः किरीट-कोट्य्-एडित-पाद-पीठः ।
तत् तस्य कैङ्कर्यम् अलं भृतान् नो विग्लापयत्य् अङ्ग यद् उग्रसेनम् ॥२.१.१७८॥durlaṅghyājño, yathā tṛtīye (3.2.21) —
baliṃ haradbhiś cira-loka-pālaiḥ kirīṭa-koṭy-eḍita-pāda-pīṭhaḥ |
tat tasya kaiṅkaryam alaṃ bhṛtān no viglāpayaty aṅga yad ugrasenam ||2.1.178||
English translation
An example of he whose order cannot be ignored, from the Third Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [3.2.21]:
“Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of all kinds of threes and is independently supreme by achievement of all kinds of fortune. He is worshiped by the eternal maintainers of the creation, who offer Him the paraphernalia of worship by touching their millions of helmets to His feet.”