CC Ādi 8.83

Adi-līlā, Chapter 8, Text 83

মূর্খ, নীচ, ক্ষুদ্র মুঞি বিষয়–লালস ।
বৈষ্ণবাজ্ঞা–বলে করি এতেক সাহস ॥ ৮৩ ॥

mūrkha, nīca, kṣudra muñi viṣaya-lālasa
vaiṣṇavājñā-bale kari eteka sāhasa

Word by word

mūrkha — foolish; nīca — lowborn; kṣudra — very insignificant; muñi — I; viṣaya — material; lālasa — desires; vaiṣṇava — of the Vaiṣṇavas; ājñā — order; bale — on the strength of; kari — I do; eteka — so much; sāhasa — energy.

Translation

I am foolish, lowborn and insignificant, and I always desire material enjoyment; yet by the order of the Vaiṣṇavas I am greatly enthusiastic to write this transcendental literature.