CC Madhya 20.61 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 61
- akṣṇoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-darśanaṁ hi
- tanoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-gātra-saṅgaḥ
- jihvā-phalaṁ tvādṛśa-kīrtanaṁ hi
- sudurlabhā bhāgavatā hi loke
SYNONYMS
akṣṇoḥ—of the eyes; phalam—the perfect result of the action; tvā-dṛśa—a person like you; darśanam—to see; hi—certainly; tanoḥ—of the body; phalam—the perfection of activities; tvā-dṛśa—of a person like you; gātra-saṅgaḥ—touching the body; jihvā-phalam—the perfection of the tongue; tvā-dṛśa—a person like you; kīrtanam—glorifying; hi—certainly; su-durlabhāḥ—very rare; bhāgavatāḥ—pure devotees of the Lord; hi—certainly; loke—in this world.
TRANSLATION
" 'My dear Vaiṣṇava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one's eyesight. Touching your lotus feet is the perfection of the sense of touch. Glorifying your good qualities is the tongue's real activity, for in the material world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.' "