CC Antya 4.74

Antya-līlā, Chapter 4, Text 74

“সর্বজ্ঞ, কৃপালু তুমি ঈশ্বর স্বতন্ত্র ।
যৈছে নাচাও, তৈছে নাচি, — যেন কাষ্ঠযন্ত্র ॥ ৭৪ ॥

“sarvajña, kṛpālu tumi īśvara svatantra
yaiche nācāo, taiche nāci, — yena kāṣṭha-yantra

Word by word

sarva-jña — all-knowing; kṛpālu — merciful; tumi — You; īśvara — the Supreme Lord; svatantra — independent; yaiche — as; nācāo — You make to dance; taiche — so; nāci — I dance; yena — as if; kāṣṭha-yantra — an instrument of wood.

Translation

“My Lord, You are the omniscient, merciful, independent Supreme Lord. Exactly like an instrument of wood, I dance as You make me do so.”