CC Madhya 21.119 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Madhya-līlā 21.118 - Madhya-līlā 21.120

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 119

karma, tapa, yoga, jñāna, vidhi-bhakti, japa, dhyāna,

ihā haite mādhurya durlabha

kevala ye rāga-mārge, bhaje kṛṣṇe anurāge,

tāre kṛṣṇa-mādhurya sulabha

SYNONYMS

karma—fruitive activities; tapa—austerities; yoga—the practice of mystic yoga; jñāna—speculative cultivation of knowledge; vidhi-bhakti—regulative principles in devotional service; japa—chanting; dhyāna—meditation; ihā haite—from these things; mādhurya—the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa; durlabha—very difficult to perceive; kevala—only; ye—one; rāga-mārge—by the path of spontaneous ecstatic love; bhaje—worships; kṛṣṇe—Lord Kṛṣṇa; anurāge—with transcendental feeling; tāre—unto him; kṛṣṇa-mādhurya—the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa's; sulabha—very easily appreciated.

TRANSLATION

"The transcendental mellows generated from the dealings between the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa cannot be tasted by fruitive activity, yogic austerities, speculative knowledge, regulative devotional service, mantra-yoga or meditation. This sweetness can be tasted only through the spontaneous love of liberated persons who chant the holy names with great ecstatic love.

Madhya-līlā 21.118 - Madhya-līlā 21.120