# विष कीड़ा विष रस माँगे आठु यामा।

Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj

Source ID: native-ssg:ssg-0053
Canonical page: https://radhey.shreyam1008.com.np/read/ssg/ssg-0053/
Book: Shyama Shyam Geet
Source edition: 13-en; SHA-256 4075afb502c24826237c4b9d93bff5ba266b4c40ae0d6b1087f805015cc0964b
Source PDF pages: 33–33



<a id="line-1"></a>विष कीड़ा विष रस माँगे आठु यामा।  
<a id="line-2"></a>मन माँगे विषयन नहिं माँगे श्यामा॥

Source Roman transliteration

<a id="line-3"></a>viṣha kīd̤ā viṣha rasa māṁge āṭhu yāmā  
<a id="line-4"></a>mana māṁge viṣhayana nahiṁ māṁge śhyāmā

Published English meaning — contributor not separately identified in this edition

<a id="line-5"></a>Just as an insect breeding on dirt loves only dirt, so is  
<a id="line-6"></a>our mind which always finds happiness only in material  
<a id="line-7"></a>and mundane sense objects, and it finds no happiness  
<a id="line-8"></a>in the names, forms, pastimes, qualities or in the loving  
<a id="line-9"></a>remembrance of Shri Shyama.

All 1008 Hindi verses, printed Roman transliteration and published English meanings from the supplied 441-page English edition, first published October 2010. The separate 291-page Hindi edition is not silently substituted or aligned to these English meanings. Supplied edition: First English edition, October 2010. Publisher: Radha Govind Samiti, New Delhi.

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Unofficial source transcription. Roman transliteration is not an English translation. No missing meanings are generated.