CC Madhya 12.54

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 12, Text 54

যদ্যপি প্রতাপরুদ্র — সর্বগুণবান্ ।
তাঁহারে মলিন কৈল এক ‘রাজা’-নাম ॥ ৫৪ ॥

yadyapi pratāparudra — sarva-guṇavān
tāṅhāre malina kaila eka ‘rājā’-nāma

Word by word

yadyapi — although; pratāparudra — the King; sarva-guṇa-vān — qualified in every respect; tāṅhāre — unto him; malina kaila — makes impure; eka — one; rājā-nāma — the name ‘‘king.’’.

Translation

“The King certainly possesses all good qualities, but simply by taking up the name ‘king,’ he has infected everything.”