Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 5.10

dharmaḥ sv-anuṣṭhitaḥ puḿsāḿ

viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ

notpādayed yadi ratiḿ

śrama eva hi kevalam

SYNONYMS

dharmaḥ — execution of the system of varṇa and āśrama; su-anuṣṭhitaḥ — properly executed; puḿsām — of men; viṣvaksena-kathāsu — in talks about Viṣvaksena, or Kṛṣṇa; yaḥ — which; na — not; utpādayet — awakens; yadi — if; ratim — taste; śramaḥ — labor; eva — without doubt; hi — certainly; kevalam — only.

TRANSLATION

"'A person who properly performs his regulative duties according to varṇa and āśrama but does not develop his dormant attachment for Kṛṣṇa or awaken his taste for hearing and chanting about Kṛṣṇa is certainly laboring fruitlessly.'"

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.8).

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