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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 24]
TEXT 02
ভুক্তি বিশ্ব কোন সাধন দিতে নাবে কল।।
সৰ   কল প্লেয় ভক্তি স্বতন্ত্ৰ প্ৰবল ॥ ৯২ ॥
bhakti vinu kona sādhana dite nāre phala saba phala deya bhakti svatantra prabala
SYNONYMS
bhakti vinu —without devotional service;  kona —some;  sādhana —practice for perfection;  dite —to give;  nāre —not able;  phala —any result;  saba phala —all the results of different processes;  deya —give;  bhakti —devotional service;  sva-tantra —independent;  prabala —and powerful.
TRANSLATION
“The other processes cannot yield results unless they are associated with devotional service. Devotional service, however, is so strong and independent that it can give one all the desired results.
TEXT 93
অজাগলগুন-ল্যাংয় অল্য সাধন ।।
আতএব হরি ভজে বুদ্ধিমান্ জন ॥ ৯৩ ॥
ajā-gala-stana-nyāya anya sādhana ataeva hari bhaje buddhimān jana
SYNONYMS
ajā-gala-stana-nyāya —like the nipples on the neck of a goat;  anya —other;  sādhana —execution of spiritual life;  ataeva —therefore;  hari —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  bhaje —one worships;  buddhimān jana —the intelligent person.
TRANSLATION
“With the exception of devotional service, all the methods of self-realization are like nipples on the neck of a goat. An intelligent person adopts only devotional service, giving up all other processes of self-realization.
PURPORT
Without devotional service, other methods for self-realization and spiritual life are useless. Other methods cannot produce good results at any time, and therefore they are compared to the nipples on the neck of a goat. These nipples