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Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 61 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.61

অক্ষ্ণোঃ ফলং ত্বাদৃশদর্শনং হি তনোঃ ফলং ত্বাদৃশগাত্রসংগঃ জিহ্বাফলং ত্বাদৃশকীর্তনং হি সুদুর্লভা ভাগবতা হি লোকে

अक्ष्णोः फलं त्वादृशदर्शनं हि तनोः फलं त्वादृशगात्रसंगः जिह्वाफलं त्वादृशकीर्तनं हि सुदुर्लभा भागवता हि लोके

akṣṇoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-darśanaṁ hi tanoḥ phalaṁ tvādṛśa-gātra-saṅgaḥ jihvā-phalaṁ tvādṛśa-kīrtanaṁ hi sudurlabhā bhāgavatā hi loke

Synonyms

akṣṇoḥ—of the eyes; phalam—the perfect result of the action; tvā-dṛśa—a person like you; darśanam—to see; hi—certainly; tanoḥ—of the body; phalam—the perfection of activities; tvā-dṛśa—of a person like you; gātra-saṅgaḥ—touching the body; jihvā-phalam—the perfection of the tongue; tvā-dṛśa—a person like you; kīrtanam—glorifying; hi—certainly; su-durlabhāḥ—very rare; bhāgavatāḥ—pure devotees of the Lord; hi—certainly; loke—in this world..

Translation

" 'My dear Vaiṣṇava, seeing a person like you is the perfection of one's eyesight. Touching your lotus feet is the perfection of the sense of touch. Glorifying your good qualities is the tongue's real activity, for in the material world it is very difficult to find a pure devotee of the Lord.' "

Verse 61 of 399