14.43

"suna, bandhava, krsnera madhuri

yara lobhe mora mana, chadi’ loka-veda-dharma, yogi hana ha-ila bhikhari

SYNONYMS

suna—please hear; bandhava—My friends; krsnera madhuri—the sweetness of Lord Krsna; yara—for which; lobhe—by the greed; mora mana—My mind; chadi’-giving up; loka-veda-dharma—social and Vedic religious principles; yogi hana—having become a yogi; ha-ila bhikhari—has become a beggar “My dear friends,” He said, "please hear of Krsna’s sweetness.

Because of a great desire for that sweetness, My mind has given up all social and Vedic religious principles and taken to the profession of begging, exactly like a mystic yogi.