CC Madhya 7.137
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 7, Text 137
অঙ্গ হৈতে যেই কীড়া খসিয়া পড়য় ।
উঠাঞা সেই কীড়া রাখে সেই ঠাঞ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
উঠাঞা সেই কীড়া রাখে সেই ঠাঞ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
aṅga haite yei kīḍā khasiyā paḍaya
uṭhāñā sei kīḍā rākhe sei ṭhāña
uṭhāñā sei kīḍā rākhe sei ṭhāña
Word by word
aṅga haite — from his body; yei — which; kīḍā — a worm; khasiyā — drops; paḍaya — falling off; uṭhāñā — picking up; sei — that; kīḍā — worm; rākhe — places; sei ṭhāña — in the same place.
Translation
Although suffering from leprosy, the brāhmaṇa Vāsudeva was enlightened. As soon as one worm fell from his body, he would pick it up and place it back again in the same location.