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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 7]
‘aiśvarya-jñāna-yukta’, ‘kevala’-bhāva āra aiśvarya-jñāne nā pāi vrajendra-kumāra
SYNONYMS
aiśvarya-jñāna-yukta—with understanding of the opulences; kevala—pure; bhāva—emotion; āra—also; aiśvarya-jñāne—by understanding of the opulences; nā pāi—one does not get; vrajendra-kumāra—the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
TRANSLATION
“There are two kinds of emotion [bhāva]. Emotion with an understanding of the Lord’s full opulences is called aiśvarya-jñāna-yukta, and pure, uncontaminated emotion is called kevala. One cannot achieve shelter at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, simply by knowing His opulences.
PURPORT
Vide Madhya-līlā, Chapter Nineteen, text 192.
TEXT 27
नाघ्रं स्थाप्या उगवान् देहिनां गोपिकास्तः । खानिनाकाश्चत्तानां यथा उक्तिमतामिह ॥ २१ ॥
nāyam sukhāpo bhagavān dehinām gopikā-sutaḥ jñāninām cātma-bhūtānām yathā bhakti-matām iha
SYNONYMS
na—not; ayam—this Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; sukha-āpaḥ—easily available; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dehinām—for materialistic persons who have accepted the body as the self; gopikā-sutaḥ—the son of mother Yaśodā; jñāninām—for persons addicted to mental speculation; ca—and; ātma-bhūtānām—for persons performing severe austerities and penances or for personal associates; yathā—as; bhakti-matām—for persons engaged in spontaneous devotional service; iha—in this world.
TRANSLATION
“‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā, is accessible to those devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-