CC Antya 10.95

Antya-līlā, Chapter 10, Text 95

গোবিন্দ কহে মনে — “আমার ‘সেবা’ সে ‘নিয়ম’ ।
অপরাধ হউক, কিবা নরকে গমন ॥ ৯৫ ॥

govinda kahe mane — “āmāra ‘sevā’ se ‘niyama’
aparādha ha-uka, kibā narake gamana

Word by word

govinda kahe — Govinda said; mane — within his mind; āmāra sevā — my service; se niyama — that is the regulation; aparādha ha-uka — let there be offenses; kibā — or; narake — to hell; gamana — going.

Translation

Govinda mentally replied, “My duty is to serve, even if I have to commit offenses or go to hell.”