Text 59]
Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord
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TEXT 58
‘ভক্তি’ বিনা কৃষ্ণে কভু নহে ‘প্রেমোদয়’ । 
  প্রেম বিনা কৃষ্ণপ্রাপ্তি অন্ত হৈতে নয় ॥ ৫৮ ॥
‘bhakti’ vinā kṛṣṇe kabhu nahe ‘premodaya’ 
  prema vinā kṛṣṇa-prāpti anya haite naya
SYNONYMS
bhakti vinā —without devotional service;  kṛṣṇe —unto Kṛṣṇa;  kabhu —at any time;  nahe —is not;  prema-udaya —development of dormant love for Kṛṣṇa;  prema vinā —without love of Kṛṣṇa;  kṛṣṇa-prāpti —attaining Kṛṣṇa;  anya —anything else;  haite —from;  naya —is not possible.
TRANSLATION
“Unless one discharges devotional service, one cannot awaken one’s dormant love for Kṛṣṇa, and there is no means to attain Him other than awakening that dormant love.
TEXT 59
ন সাধয়তি মাং যোগো ন সাংখ্যং ধর্ম উদ্ধব । 
  ন স্বাধ্যায়স্তপস্ত্যাগো যথা ভক্তির্মমোজিতা ॥ ৫৯ ॥
na sādhayati mārṅ yogo  
 na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava  
 na svādhyāyas tapas tyāgo  
 yathā bhaktir mamorjitā
SYNONYMS
na —never;  sādhayati —causes to remain satisfied;  mām —Me;  yogaḥ —the process of control;  na —nor;  sāṅkhyam —the process of gaining philosophical knowledge about the Absolute Truth;  dharmaḥ —such an occupation;  uddhava —My dear Uddhava;  na —nor;  svādhyāyaḥ —study of the Vedas;  tapaḥ —austerities;  tyāgaḥ —renunciation, acceptance of  sannyāsa , or charity;  yathā —as much as;  bhaktiḥ —devotional service;  mama —unto Me;  ūrjitā —developed.
TRANSLATION
[The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, said:] “‘My dear Uddhava, neither through aṣṭānga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the senses], nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth,