Sanskrit Verse on Krishna

देहि मे वचनं कृष्ण न त्वं हास्यसि मे करम् ।
अविद्याया महापूरोऽन्यथा नेष्यति मामित: ।।१०२३।।
 
Promise me, O Krishna, that you will not let go of my hand. Otherwise, the
big flood of ignorance will carry me away from here.
 
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
 
[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]