CC Madhya 24.109

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.108 - Madhya-līlā 24.110

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 109

bhakti vinā kevala jñāne 'mukti' nāhi haya

bhakti sādhana kare yei 'prāpta-brahma-laya'

SYNONYMS

bhakti—devotional service; vinā—without; kevala—only; jñāne—by philosophical speculation; mukti—liberation; nāhi haya—there is not; bhakti—devotional service; sādhana—practice; kare—does; yei—anyone who; prāpta-brahma-laya—as good as merging into the impersonal Brahman.

TRANSLATION

"One cannot attain liberation simply through philosophical speculation devoid of devotional service. However, if one renders devotional service, he is automatically on the Brahman platform.

Madhya-līlā 24.108 - Madhya-līlā 24.110