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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 8.259
abhāgiyā jñānī āsvādaye śushka jñāna
krishna-premāmrita pāna kare bhāgyavān
SYNONYMS
abhāgiyā — unfortunate; jñānī — the philosophical speculators; āsvādaye — taste; śushka — dry; jñāna — empiric knowledge; krishna-prema-amrita — the nectar of love of Krishna; pāna — drinking; kare — do; bhāgyavān — the fortunate.
TRANSLATION
Rāmānanda Rāya concluded, "The unfortunate empiric philosophers taste the dry process of philosophical knowledge, whereas the devotees regularly drink the nectar of love of Krishna. Therefore they are the most fortunate of all."
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