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| Madhya-lila | Chapter 19: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.212
samo man-nishthata buddher
SYNONYMS
samah -- equality or neutrality; mat-nishthata -- being fixed in My lotus feet; buddheh -- of the intelligence; iti -- thus; sri-bhagavat-vacah -- words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat-nishtha -- attachment or attraction for Him; durghata -- very difficult to achieve; buddheh -- of intelligence; etam -- thus; santa-ratim -- attachment on the platform of santa-rasa; vina -- without.
TRANSLATION
"'These are the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: "When one's intelligence is fully attached to My lotus feet but one does not render practical service, one has attained the stage called santa-rati, or sama." Without santa-rati, attachment to Krishna is very difficult to achieve.'
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness