purī-gosāñi - Mādhavendra Purī; kare - was performing; kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana - the chanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; mathurā nā pāinu - I did not get shelter at Mathurā; bali' - saying; karena krandana - was crying.

Mādhavendra Purī was chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, and sometimes he would cry, “O my Lord, I did not get shelter at Mathurā.”