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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 24]
ca—also; āśu—very soon; adeyā—not to be delivered; iti—thus; dvidhā—two ways; sā—that; syāt—is; su-durlabhā—very difficult to obtain.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘Devotional perfection is very difficult to attain for two reasons. First, unless one is attached to Kṛṣṇa, he cannot attain devotional perfection even if he renders devotional service for a long time. Second, Kṛṣṇa does not easily deliver perfection in devotional service.’
PURPORT
As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.6.18):  muktiṁ dadāti karhicit.  Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī told Mahārāja Parīkṣit that Kṛṣṇa readily grants liberation but does not very readily grant perfection in devotional service. This means that Kṛṣṇa wants to see that a devotee is actually sincere and serious and that he does not have ulterior motives. If this is the case, devotional service can very easily be successful; otherwise it is very difficult to obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This verse appears in the  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.1.35).
TEXT 173
তেষাং সততযুক্তানাং ভজতাং প্রীতিপূর্বকম্ । দদামি বুদ্ধিযোগং তং যেন মামুপযাস্তি তে ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te
SYNONYMS
teṣām—to them; satata-yuktānām—always engaged; bhajatām—in devotional service; prīti-pūrvakam—in loving ecstasy; dadāmi—I give; buddhi-yogam—real intelligence; tam—that; yena—by which; mām—unto Me; upayānti—come; te—they.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from  Bhagavad-gītā  (10.10).