CC Madhya 24.109 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.108 - Madhya-līlā 24.110

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 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