Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.149
বেণুর তপ জানি যবে, সেই তপ করি তবে, এ — অযোগ্য, আমরা — যোগ্যা নারী ।
যা না পাঞা দুঃখে মরি, অযোগ্য পিয়ে সহিতে নারি, তাহা লাগি’ তপস্যা বিচারি ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
veṇura tapa jāni yabe, sei tapa kari tabe,
e — ayogya, āmarā — yogyā nārī
yā nā pāñā duḥkhe mari, ayogya piye sahite nāri,
tāhā lāgi’ tapasyā vicāri
“The gopīs considered, ‘The flute is completely unfit for his position. We want to know what kind of austerities the flute executed, so that we may also perform the same austerities. Although the flute is unfit, he is drinking the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips. Seeing this, we qualified gopīs are dying of unhappiness. Therefore, we must consider the austerities the flute underwent in his past life.’”
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