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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.8.34

videhānāḿ pure hy asminn

aham ekaiva mūḍha-dhīḥ

yānyam icchanty asaty asmād

ātma-dāt kāmam acyutāt

SYNONYMS

videhānām — of the residents of Videha; purein the city; hi — certainly; asmin — this; ahamI; ekā — alone; eva — undoubtedly; mūḍha — fool; dhīḥ — whose intelligence; — (I am that one) who; anyam — another; icchantī — desiring; asatī — being most unchaste; asmāt — other than Him; ātma-dāt — who awards us our real, spiritual form; kāmam — sense gratification; acyutāt — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Acyuta.

TRANSLATION

Certainly in this city of Videha I alone am completely foolish. I neglected the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who awards us everything, even our original spiritual form, and instead I desired to enjoy sense gratification with many men.

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