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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 4.58
'bhakti' vinā kṛṣṇe kabhu nahe 'premodaya'
prema vinā kṛṣṇa-prāpti anya haite naya
SYNONYMS
bhakti vinā — without devotional service; kṛṣṇe — unto Kṛṣṇa; kabhu — at any time; nahe — is not; prema-udaya — development of dormant love for Kṛṣṇa; prema vinā — without love of Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa-prāpti — attaining Kṛṣṇa; anya — anything else; haite — from; naya — is not possible.
TRANSLATION
"Unless one discharges devotional service, one cannot awaken one's dormant love for Kṛṣṇa, and there is no means for attaining Him other than awakening that dormant love.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness