Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 93 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.93

অজাগলস্তনন্যায অন্য সাধন অতএব হরি ভজে বুদ্ধিমান্জন

अजागलस्तनन्याय अन्य साधन अतएव हरि भजे बुद्धिमान्जन

ajā-gala-stana-nyāya anya sādhana ataeva hari bhaje buddhimān jana

Synonyms

ajā-gala-stana-nyāyalike the nipples on the neck of a goat; anyaother; sādhanaexecution of spiritual life; ataevatherefore; harithe Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhajeone worships; buddhimān janathe intelligent person..

Translation

"With the exception of devotional service, all the methods of self-realization are like nipples on the neck of a goat. An intelligent person adopts only devotional service, giving up all other processes of self-realization.

Purport

Without devotional service, other methods for self-realization and spiritual life are useless. Other methods cannot produce good results at any time, and therefore they are compared to the nipples on the neck of a goat. These nipples cannot produce milk, although it may appear that they can. An unintelligent person cannot understand that only devotional service can elevate one to the transcendental position.

Verse 93 of 355
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