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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Kṛṣṇa and Guru

Ādi-līlā 8.16 - Ādi-līlā 8.18

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 17

jñānataḥ su-labhā muktir

bhuktir yajñādi-puṇyataḥ

seyaṁ sādhana-sāhasrair

hāri-bhaktiḥ su-durlabhā

SYNONYMS

jñānataḥ—by cultivation of knowledge; su-labhā—easily obtainable; muktiḥ—liberation; bhuktiḥ—sense enjoyment; yajña-ādi—performance of sacrifices, etc.; puṇyataḥ—and by performing pious activities; sā—that; iyam—this; sādhana-sāhasraiḥ—execution of thousands of sacrifices; hari-bhaktiḥ—devotional service; su-durlabhā—is very rare.

TRANSLATION

"By cultivating philosophical knowledge one can understand his spiritual position and thus be liberated, and by performing sacrifices and pious activities one can achieve sense gratification in a higher planetary system, but the devotional service of the Lord is so rare that even by executing hundreds and thousands of such sacrifices one cannot obtain it."

PURPORT

Prahlāda Mahārāja instructs:

matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā

mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām

(SB 7.5.30)

naiṣāṁ matis tāvad urukramāṅghriṁ

spṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad-arthaḥ

mahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekaṁ

niṣkiñcanānāṁ na vṛṇīta yāvat

(SB 7.5.32) These ślokas are to be discussed. Their purport is that one cannot obtain kṛṣṇa-bhakti, or the devotional service of the Lord, by official execution of the Vedic rituals. One has to approach a pure devotee. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā: "Who has been elevated without rendering service to a pure Vaiṣṇava?" It is the statement of Prahlāda Mahārāja that unless one is able to accept the dust from the lotus feet of a pure Vaiṣṇava there is no possibility of achieving the platform of devotional service. That is the secret. The above-mentioned tantra-vacana, quoted from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.36), is our perfect guidance in this connection.

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-“By cultivating philosophical knowledge one can understand his spiritual position and thus be liberated, and by performing sacrifices and pious activities one can achieve sense gratification in a higher planetary system, but the devotional service of the Lord is so rare that even by executing hundreds and thousands of such sacrifices one cannot obtain it.”
+"By cultivating philosophical knowledge one can understand his spiritual position and thus be liberated, and by performing sacrifices and pious activities one can achieve sense gratification in a higher planetary system, but the devotional service of the Lord is so rare that even by executing hundreds and thousands of such sacrifices one cannot obtain it."
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 Prahlāda Mahārāja instructs:
 :matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā
-:mitho ’bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām
+:mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām
-:([[SB 7.5.30]])
+([[SB 7.5.30]])
 :naiṣāṁ matis tāvad urukramāṅghriṁ
 :spṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad-arthaḥ
-:mahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-’bhiṣekaṁ
+:mahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekaṁ
 :niṣkiñcanānāṁ na vṛṇīta yāvat
 ([[SB 7.5.32]])
+These ślokas are to be discussed. Their purport is that one cannot obtain kṛṣṇa-bhakti, or the devotional service of the Lord, by official execution of the Vedic rituals. One has to approach a pure devotee. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā: "Who has been elevated without rendering service to a pure Vaiṣṇava?" It is the statement of Prahlāda Mahārāja that unless one is able to accept the dust from the lotus feet of a pure Vaiṣṇava there is no possibility of achieving the platform of devotional service. That is the secret. The above-mentioned tantra-vacana, quoted from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.36), is our perfect guidance in this connection.
-These ślokas are to be discussed. Their purport is that one cannot obtain kṛṣṇa-bhakti, or the devotional service of the Lord, by official execution of the Vedic rituals. One has to approach a pure devotee. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā: “Who has been elevated without rendering service to a pure Vaiṣṇava?” It is the statement of Prahlāda Mahārāja that unless one is able to accept the dust from the lotus feet of a pure Vaiṣṇava there is no possibility of achieving the platform of devotional service. That is the secret. The above-mentioned tantra-vacana, quoted from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.1.36), is our perfect guidance in this connection.
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