# Cc. Madhya 10.178 > অদ্বৈতবীথীপথিকৈরুপাস্যাঃ, স্বানন্দসিংহাসন-লব্ধদীক্ষাঃ ৷ > শঠেন কেনাপি বয়ং হঠেন, দাসীকৃতা গোপবধূবিটেন ৷৷ ১৭৮ ৷৷ ॥১৭৮॥ ## Text > advaita-vīthī-pathikair upāsyāḥ > svānanda-siṁhāsana-labdha-dīkṣāḥ > śaṭhena kenāpi vayaṁ haṭhena > dāsī-kṛtā gopa-vadhū-viṭena ## Synonyms *advaita-vīthī*—of the path of monism; *pathikaiḥ*—by the wanderers; *upāsyāḥ*—worshipable; *sva-ānanda*—of self-realization; *siṁha-āsana*—on the throne; *labdha-dīkṣāḥ*—being initiated; *śaṭhena*—by a cheater; *kena api*—some; *vayam*—I; *haṭhena*—by force; *dāsī-kṛtā*—made into a maidservant; *gopa-vadhū-viṭena*—by a boy engaged in joking with the *gopīs.* ## Translation **Brahmānanda Bhāratī concluded, " 'Although I was worshiped by those on the path of monism and initiated into self-realization through the yoga system, I have nonetheless been forcibly turned into a maidservant by some cunning boy who is always joking with the gopīs.' "** ## Purport This is a verse written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura. It is quoted in the *Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu* (3.1.44).