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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-lilā, Ch. 7]
TEXT 14
প্রেম-পরকাশ নহে কৃষ্ণশক্তি বিনে ।
‘কৃষ্ণ’—এক প্রেমদাতা, শাস্ত্র-প্রমাণে ॥ ১৪ ॥
prema-parakāśa nahe kṛṣṇa-śakti vine ‘kṛṣṇa’—eka prema-dātā, śāstra-pramāṇe
SYNONYMS
prema —of ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa;  parakāśa —manifestation;  nahe —cannot be;  kṛṣṇa-śakti vine —without the power of Kṛṣṇa;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  eka —the only one;  prema-dātā —giver of  prema ;  śāstra-pramāṇe —the verdict of all revealed scriptures.
TRANSLATION
“Without being especially empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot manifest ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, for Kṛṣṇa is the only one who gives ecstatic love. That is the verdict of all revealed scriptures.”
TEXT 15
সন্তব্যতারা বহ্ব: পুষ্করনাভস্ত সর্বতোভদ্রা: ।
কৃষ্ণাদন্য: কো বা লতাস্বপি প্রেমদো ভবতি ॥ ১৫ ॥
santv avatārā bhahavaḥ puṣkara-nābhasya sarvato-bhadrāḥ kṛṣṇād anyaḥ ko vā latāsv api premado bhavati”
SYNONYMS
santu —let there be;  avatārāḥ —incarnations;  bhahavaḥ —many;  puṣkara-nābhasya —of the Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower;  sarvataḥ-bhadrāḥ —completely auspicious;  kṛṣṇāt —than Lord Kṛṣṇa;  anyaḥ —other;  kaḥ vā —who possibly;  latāsu —on the surrendered souls;  api —also;  prema-daḥ —the bestower of love;  bhavati —is.
TRANSLATION
“‘There may be many all-auspicious incarnations of the Personality of God-head, but who other than Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa can bestow love of God upon the surrendered souls?’”