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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 22
śāstra-yukti nāhi jāne dṛḍha, śraddhāvān ‘madhvama-adhikārī’ sei mahā-bhāgvavān
SYNONYMS
śāstra-yukti —logical arguments on the basis of revealed scripture;  nāhi —not;  jāne —knows;  dṛḍha —firmly;  śraddhāvān —faithful;  madhyama-adhikārī —second-class devotee;  sei —he;  mahā-bhāgyavān —very fortunate.
TRANSLATION
“One who is not very expert in argument and logic based on revealed scriptures but who has firm faith is considered a second-class devotee. He also must be considered most fortunate.
TEXT 68
বং  শাস্ত্রাদিছনিপুণং শ্রদ্ধাবান্ ন তৃ মধ্যমং ॥ ৬৮ ॥  ।
yaḥ śāstrādiṣv anipuṇaḥ
śraddhāvān sa tu madhyamaḥ
SYNONYMS
yaḥ —anyone who;  śāstra-ādiṣu —in the revealed scriptures;  anipuṇaḥ —not very expert;  śraddhāvān —full of faith;  saḥ —he;  tu —certainly;  madhyamaḥ —second-class or middle-class devotee.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘He who does not know scriptural argument very well but who has firm faith is called an intermediate or second-class devotee.’
PURPORT
Thiis verse appears in the  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.2.18).
TEXT 69)
ষাহার কোমল শ্রদ্ধা, সে ‘কনিষ্ঠ’ জন । 
ক্রমে ক্রমে তেঁহো ভক্ত হইবে ‘উত্তম’ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
yāhāra komala śraddhā, se ‘kaniṣṭha’ jana krame krame teṅho bhakta ha-ibe ‘uttama’