Text 59] Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord 27
TEXT 58
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‘bhakti’ vind krsne kabhu nahe ‘premodaya’
prema vind krsna-prapti anya haite naya
SYNONYMS
bhakti vina—without devotional service; krsme—unto Krsna; kabhu—at any
time; nahe—is not; prema-udaya—development of dormant love for Krsna;
prema vina—without love of Krsna; krsna-prapti—attaining Krsna; anya—any-
thing else; haite—from; naya—is not possible.
TRANSLATION
“Unless one discharges devotional service, one cannot awaken one’s dor-
mant love for Krsna, and there is no means to attain Him other than awakening
that dormant love.
TEXT 59
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A VHTTTBAB CA Iti SfekcafSsi i eri
na sadhayati mam yogo
na sanhkhyam dharma uddhava
na svadhydyas tapas tydégo
yatha bhaktir mamorjita
SYNONYMS
na—never; sddhayati—causes to remain satisfied; mam—Me; yogah—the pro-
cess of control; na—nor; sankhyam—the process of gaining philosophical knowl-
edge about the Absolute Truth; dharmah—such an occupation; uddhava—My
dear Uddhava; na—nor; svadhyayah—study of the Vedas; tapah—austerities;
tyagah—renunciation, acceptance of sannydsa, or charity; yatha—as much as;
bhaktih—devotional service; mama—unto Me; drjiti—developed.
TRANSLATION
[The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, said:] ‘‘ ‘My dear Uddhava,
neither through astanga-yoga [the mystic yoga system to control the senses],
nor through impersonal monism or an analytical study of the Absolute Truth,
