CC Madhya 12.116

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 12, Text 116

ভাল কর্ম দেখি’ তারে করে প্রসংশন ।
মনে না মিলিলে করে পবিত্র ভর্ত্‌সন ॥ ১১৬ ॥

bhāla karma dekhi’ tāre kare prasaṁśana
mane nā milile kare pavitra bhartsana

Word by word

bhāla — good; karma — work; dekhi’ — seeing; tāre — to him; kare — does; prasaṁśana — praising; mane — in His mind; nā — not; milile — being approved; kare — He does; pavitra — purified, ungrudgingly; bhartsana — chastisement.

Translation

When He saw someone doing nicely, the Lord praised him, but if He saw that someone was not working to His satisfaction, He immediately chastised that person, not bearing him any grudge.