CC Antya 19.9

Antya-līlā, Chapter 19, Text 9

তোমার সেবা ছাড়ি’ আমি করিলুঁ সন্ন্যাস ।
‘বাউল’ হঞা আমি কৈলুঁ ধর্মনাশ ॥ ৯ ॥

tomāra sevā chāḍi’ āmi kariluṅ sannyāsa
‘bāula’ hañā āmi kailuṅ dharma-nāśa

Word by word

tomāra sevā chāḍi’ — giving up your service; āmi — I; kariluṅ — accepted; sannyāsa — the renounced order of life; bāula hañā — becoming mad; āmi — I; kailuṅ — did; dharma-nāśa — destruction of religion.

Translation

“I have given up service to you and have accepted the vow of sannyāsa. I have thus become mad and have destroyed the principles of religion.”