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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.122

adhṛtiḥ, yathā –
[adhritih, yathaa –]
prekṣya piñcha-kulam akṣi pidhatte
[prekshya pincha-kulam akshi pidhatte]
naicikī-nicayam ujjhati dūre |
[naichikee-nichayam ujjhati doore |]
vaṣṭi yaṣṭim api nādya murāre
[vashti yashtim api naadya muraare]
raktakas tava padāmbuja-raktaḥ ||122||
[raktakas tava padaambuja-raktah ||122||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
adhṛtiḥ, yathā –
prekṣya piñcha-kulam akṣi pidhatte
naicikī-nicayam ujjhati dūre |
vaṣṭi yaṣṭim api nādya murāre
raktakas tava padāmbuja-raktaḥ ||122||
An example of detachment viyoga: O Murāri! In separation from You, Your servant Raktaka, devoted to Your lotus feet, closed his eyes on seeing a peacock feather. He has given up all the attractive cows and has no desire to take up his herding stick.

Some of the cowherd friends of Kṛṣṇa said, “Dear Kṛṣṇa, O enemy of the Mura demon, just think of Your personal servant Raktaka. Simply because he saw a peacock feather, he is now closing his eyes and is no longer attentive to pasturing the cows. Rather, he has left them in a faraway pasture and has not even bothered to use his stick to control them.” This is an instance of mental imbalance due to separation from Kṛṣṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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