CC Adi 3.14 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 3: The External Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 14
- cira-kāla nāhi kari prema-bhakti dāna
- bhakti vinā jagatera nāhi avasthāna
SYNONYMS
cira-kāla—for a long time; nāhi kari—I have not done; prema-bhakti—loving devotional service; dāna—giving; bhakti—devotional service; vinā—without; jagatera—of the universe; nāhi—not; avasthāna—existence.
TRANSLATION
“For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service to Me upon the inhabitants of the world. Without such loving attachment, the existence of the material world is useless.
PURPORT
The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love, but without such pure love of God, freed from fruitive activities and empiric speculation, one cannot attain perfection in life.