Adi-lila, Chapter 3 173

TRANSLATION

Lord Krsna enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He wishes, and then
He disappears. After disappearing, however, He thinks thus:

TEXT 14

foroim arfe ofa celnefes ata |
Sfes faa wstrsa ate Geeta ii 38 i

cira-kdla nahi kari prema-bhakti dana
bhakti vind jagatera nahi avasthana

SYNONYMS

cira-kala—for a long time; nahi kari—\ have not done; prema-bhakti—loving devo-
tional service; ddna—giving; bhakti—devotional service; vind—without; jagatera—of
the universe; ndhi— not; avasthdna—existence.

TRANSLATION

“For a long time | have not bestowed unalloyed loving service to Me upon the
inhabitants of the world. Without such loving attachment, the existence of the
material world is useless.

PURPORT

The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love, but without such pure love of
God, freed from fruitive activities and empiric speculation, one cannot attain perfec-
tion in life.

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AIM SIS CHica sca fafa-|ofe |
fafe-ecws Greta HUTS atfe ATS Ui de 1

sakala jagate more kare vidhi-bhakti
vidhi-bhaktye vraja-bhava paite nahi Sakti

SYNONYMS

sakala—all; jagate—in the universe; more—to Me; kare—they do; vidhi-bhakti—
regulative devotional service; vidhi-bhaktye—by regulative devotional service; vraja-
bhdva—the feelings of those in Vraja; paite—to obtain; ndhi—not; sakti—the power.

TRANSLATION

“Everywhere in the world people worship Me according to scriptural injunctions.
But simply by following such regulative principles one cannot attain the loving senti-
ments of the devotees in Vrajabhami.
