श्रीकृष्णरूपादिनिषेवणं विना
व्यर्थानि मेऽहान्यखिलेन्द्रियाण्यलम् ।
पाषाणशुष्केन्धनभारकाण्यहो
बिभर्मि वा तानि कथं हतत्रपः ॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa-rūpādi-niṣevaṇaṁ vinā
vyarthāni me’hāny akhilendriyāṇy alam |
pāṣāṇa-śuṣkendhana-bhārakāṇy aho
bibharmi vā tāni kathaṁ hatatrapaḥ ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.2.28)
“Without the service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s figure and so forth, my days and all my senses are like a completely useless burden of stone and dry wood. Aho! How do I bear them? I am shameless.”