CC Antya 4.170

Antya-līlā, Chapter 4, Text 170

বহিরঙ্গ-জ্ঞানে তোমারে না করি স্তবন ।
তোমার গুণে স্তুতি করায় যৈছে তোমার গুণ ॥ ১৭০ ॥

bahiraṅga-jñāne tomāre nā kari stavana
tomāra guṇe stuti karāya yaiche tomāra guṇa

Word by word

bahiraṅga-jñāne — thinking outside My intimate relationship; tomāre — unto you; nā kari — I do not; stavana — offer praise; tomāra — your; guṇe — by qualifications; stuti karāya — one is induced to offer prayers; yaiche — as; tomāra — your; guṇa — attributes.

Translation

“I offer you praise not because I think of you as being outside an intimate relationship with Me but because you are actually so qualified that one is forced to praise your qualities.”