406 Sti Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22

durthadbhuta-virye ‘smin
sraddha dire ‘stu paficake

yatra svalpo ‘pi sambandhah
sad-dhiyam bhava-janmane

SYNONYMS

durGha—difficult to be reconciled; adbhuta—wonderful; virye—in the power;
asmin—in this; sraddha—faith; dGre—far away; astu—let it be; paficake—in the
above-mentioned five principles; yatra—in which; svalpah—a little; api—even;
sambandhah—connection; sat-dhiyim—of those who are intelligent and
offenseless; bhava-janmane—to awaken one’s dormant love for Krsna.

TRANSLATION

“‘The power of these five principles is very wonderful and difficult to
reconcile. Even without faith in them, a person who is offenseless can ex-
perience dormant love of Krsna simply by being a little connected with them.’

PURPORT
This verse is also found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.238).

TEXT 134

SOP’ GH Hild, CFS ACH “IB? GF |
FHS? CVC SATA CLITAA SAM tr 308 li

‘eka’ aniga sddhe, keha sadhe ‘bahu’ anga
‘nistha’ haile upajaya premera taranga

SYNONYMS

eka—one; anga—portion; sadhe—executes; keha—someone; sddhe—ex-
ecutes; bahu—many; anga—portions; nistha—firm faith; haile—if there is; upa-
jaya—awaken; premera—of love of Godhead; taraiga—the waves.

TRANSLATION

“‘When one is firmly fixed in devotional service, whether he executes one or

many processes of devotional service, the waves of love of Godhead will
awaken.

PURPORT

The processes of devotional service are sravanam kirtanar visnoh smaranarh
pdda-sevanam/ arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam adtma-nivedanam.
