CC Madhya 25.169
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 25, Text 169
কাশীতে গ্রাহক নাহি, বস্তু না বিকায় ।
পুনরপি দেশে বহি’ লওয়া নাহি যায় ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
পুনরপি দেশে বহি’ লওয়া নাহি যায় ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
kāśīte grāhaka nāhi, vastu nā vikāya
punarapi deśe vahi’ laoyā nāhi yāya
punarapi deśe vahi’ laoyā nāhi yāya
Word by word
kāśīte — in Kāśī (Benares); grāhaka nāhi — there was no customer; vastu nā vikāya — it was not selling; punarapi — again; deśe — to My own country; vahi’ — carrying (it); laoyā — to take; nāhi yāya — was not possible.
Translation
“Although I came to Vārāṇasī to sell My goods, there were no customers, and it appeared necessary for Me to carry them back to My own country.”