Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.109

bhakti vinā kevala jñāne 'mukti' nāhi haya

bhakti sādhana kare yei 'prāpta-brahma-laya'

SYNONYMS

bhakti — devotional service; vinā — without; kevala — only; jñāne — by philosophical speculation; mukti — liberation; nāhi haya — there is not; bhakti — devotional service; sādhana — practice; kare — does; yei — anyone who; prāpta-brahma-laya — as good as merging into the impersonal Brahman.

TRANSLATION

"One cannot attain liberation simply through philosophical speculation devoid of devotional service. However, if one renders devotional service, he is automatically on the Brahman platform.

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