CC Madhya 19.13

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 19, Text 13

এথা সনাতন-গোসাঞি ভাবে মনে মন ।
রাজা মোরে প্রীতি করে, সে — মোর বন্ধন ॥ ১৩ ॥

ethā sanātana-gosāñi bhāve mane mana
rājā more prīti kare, se — mora bandhana

Word by word

ethā — here (in Gauḍa-deśa); sanātana-gosāñi — the elder brother, Sanātana Gosvāmī; bhāve — considers; mane mana — in the mind; rājā — the Nawab; more — me; prīti kare — loves very much; se — that; mora — my; bandhana — great obligation.

Translation

While Sanātana Gosvāmī was in Gauḍa-deśa, he was thinking, “The Nawab is very pleased with me. I certainly have an obligation.”