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Ššri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilāj. Ch. 2]
way. The actual facts are understandable to real devotees. When these facts are recorded, they are very congenial to the devotees, but one who is not a devotee cannot understand. Such is the subject matter for realization. Mundane scholarship and its concomitant attachments and detachments cannot arouse spontaneous love of Godhead. Such love cannot be described by a mundane scholar.
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যেবা নাহি বুঝে কেহ,      শুনিতে শুনিতে গেহ, 
    কি অঙ্কুত চৈতন্যচরিত । 
    কৃষ্ণে উপজিবে শ্রীতি,      জানিবে রসের রীতি, 
    শুনিলেই বড় হয় হিত ॥ ৮৭ ॥
yebā nāhi bujhe keha, śunite śunite seha, ki adbhuta caitanya-carita kṛṣṇe upajibe prīti, jānibe rasera rīti, śunilei baḍa haya hita
SYNONYMS
yebā —whoever;  nāhi —does not;  bujhe —understand;  keha —someone;  śunite   śunite —hearing and hearing;  seha —he;  ki —what;  adbhuta —wonderful;  caitanya-carita —pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  kṛṣṇe —unto Kṛṣṇa;  upajibe —will develop;  prīti —love;  jānibe —he will understand;  rasera —of transcendental mellows;  rīti —the ways;  śunilei —simply by hearing;  baḍa —great;  haya —there is;  hita —benefit.
TRANSLATION
If one does not understand in the beginning but continues to hear again and again, the wonderful effects of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes will bring love for Krṣṇa. Gradually one will come to understand the loving affairs between Krṣṇa and the gopīs and other associates of Vṛndāvana. Everyone is advised to continue to hear over and over again in order to greatly benefit.
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ভাগবত—শ্লোকময়, টীকা তার সংস্কৃত হয়, তবু কৈছে বুঝে ত্রিভুবন ।