Ādi-līlā, Chapter 3
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TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He wishes, and then He disappears. After disappearing, however, He thinks thus:
TEXT 14
চিরকাল নাহি করি প্রেমভক্তি দান । ভক্তি বিনা জগতের নাহি অবদ্বান ॥ ১৪ ॥
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.
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সকল জগতে মোরে করে বিধি-ভক্তি । বিধি-ভক্ত্যে ব্রজভাব পাইতে নাহি শক্তি ॥ ১৫ ॥
sakala jagate more kare vidhi-bhakti vidhi-bhaktye vraja-bhāva pāite nāhi śakti
SYNONYMS
sakala —all;  jagate —in the universe;  more —to Me;  kare —they do;  vidhi-bhakti —regulative devotional service;  vidhi-bhaktye —by regulative devotional service;  vraja-bhāva —the feelings of those in Vraja;  pāite —to obtain;  nāhi —not;  śakti —the power.
TRANSLATION
“Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to scriptural injunctions. But simply by following such regulative principles one cannot attain the loving sentiments of the devotees in Vrajabhūmi.