Cc. Madhya 22.24

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‘kṛṣṇa-nitya-dāsa’—jīva tāhā bhuli’ gela
ei doṣe māyā tāra galāya bāndhila

krsna-nitya-dasa—eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa; jīva—the living entity; taha—that; bhuli'—forgetting; gela—went; ei doṣe—for this fault; maya—the material energy; tara—his; galāya—on the neck; bandhila—has bound. ¶

“The living entity is bound around the neck by the chain of māyā because he has forgotten that he is eternally a servant of Kṛṣṇa. ¶