CC Madhya 22.59 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service

Madhya-līlā 22.57-58 - Madhya-līlā 22.60

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 59

pūrva ājñā,--veda-dharma, karma, yoga, jñāna

saba sādhi' śeṣe ei ājñā--balavān

SYNONYMS

pūrva ājñā—previous orders; veda-dharma—performance of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies; karma—fruitive activities; yoga—mystic yoga practice; jñāna—speculative knowledge; saba sādhi'-executing all these processes; śeṣe—at the end; ei ājñā—this order; balavān—powerful.

TRANSLATION

"Although Kṛṣṇa has previously explained the proficiency of executing Vedic rituals, performing fruitive activity as enjoined in the Vedas, practicing yoga and cultivating jñāna, these last instructions are most powerful and stand above all the others.

Madhya-līlā 22.57-58 - Madhya-līlā 22.60