Text 197] The Lord’s Visit to Sri Vendavana 227

TRANSLATION

“The happiness of liberation, whereby one merges into the Lord’s exis-
tence, cannot even be compared to a fragment of the transcendental bliss ob-
tained by service unto the Lord’s jotus feet.

TEXT 196

‘a7, ‘wore’, “Ata Bicat Sham alta |
He Af’ Qi “HAy’, “Sala CAAa” | Sow |

‘karma’, ‘jfidna’, ‘yoga’ age kariyd sthapana
saba khandi’ sthape ‘isvara’, ‘tanhdra sevana’

SYNONYMS
karma—fruitive activities; jfidna—speculative knowledge; yoga—mystic
power; dge—in the beginning; kariya sthapana—establishing; saba khandi’—
refuting everything; sthape—establishes; isvara—the Personality of Godhead;
tanhara sevana—His service.

TRANSLATION

“In the Koran there are descriptions of fruitive activity, speculative knowl-
edge, mystic power and union with the Supreme, but ultimately everything is
refuted as the Lord’s personal feature and His devotional service is
established.

TEXT 197

Cora *fas-nata atfe atra-wta |
Adioia-Fafe-aces “ota” — aerate 959

tomara pandita-sabara nahi sastra-jfiana
purvapara-vidhi-madhye ‘para’ —balavan

SYNONYMS

tomara pandita-sabara—of the learned scholars of your community; nahi—
there is not; sastra-jfiana—knowledge of revealed scripture; purva-apara—former
and latter; vidhi—regulative principles; madhye—among; para—the conclusion
at the end; balavan—most powerful.

TRANSLATION

“The scholars of the Koran are not very advanced in knowledge. Although
there are many methods prescribed, they do not know that the ultimate con-
clusion should be considered the most powerful.
