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

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

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 who; 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 means of 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