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
‘Qe GR Alle, CFS ACH “AH? GE I
fare? CRC Srtea CAILAA SAF 1 908 Ut
‘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.
