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Text 190

mat-tulyo nāsti pāpātmā
nāparādhī ca kaścana
parihāre ’pi lajjā me
kiṁ bruve puruṣottama

mat — me; tulyaḥ — like; na asti — there is not; pāpa-ātmā — sinful man; na aparādhī — nor an offender; ca — also; kaścana — anyone; parihāre — in begging pardon; api — even; lajjā — ashamed; me — of me; kim — what; bruve — I shall say; puruṣa-uttama — O Supreme Personality of Godhead.

‘Dear Lord, let us inform you that no one is more sinful than us, nor is there any offender like us. Even if we wanted to mention our sinful activities, we would immediately become ashamed. And what to speak of giving them up!’ ”

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.154), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.

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