Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya-lila Chapter 7 Verse 26

Antya-līlā | Chapter 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 7.26

'aiśvarya-jñāna-yukta', 'kevala'-bhāva āra

aiśvarya-jñāne nā pāi vrajendra-kumāra

SYNONYMS

aiśvarya-jñāna-yukta — with understanding of the opulences; kevala — pure; bhāva — emotion; āra — also; aiśvarya-jñāne — by understanding of the opulences; nā pāi — one does not get; vrajendra-kumāra — the son of Nanda Mahārāja.

TRANSLATION

"There are two kinds of emotion [bhāva]. Emotion with an understanding of the Lord's full opulences is called aiśvarya-jñāna-yukta, and pure, uncontaminated emotion is called kevala. One cannot achieve shelter at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, simply by knowing His opulences.

PURPORT

Vide Madhya-līlā, Chapter Nineteen, text 192.

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