Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 259 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.259

অভাগিযা জ্ঞানী আস্বাদযে শুষ্ক জ্ঞান কৃষ্ণপ্রেমামৃত পান করে ভাগ্যবান্

अभागिया ज्ञानी आस्वादये शुष्क ज्ञान कृष्णप्रेमामृत पान करे भाग्यवान्

abhāgiyā jñānī āsvādaye śuṣka jñāna kṛṣṇa-premāmṛta pāna kare bhāgyavān

Synonyms

abhāgiyāunfortunate; jñānīthe philosophical speculators; āsvādayetaste; śuṣkadry; jñānaempiric knowledge; kṛṣṇa-prema-amṛtathe nectar of love of Kṛṣṇa; pānadrinking; karedo; bhāgyavānthe fortunate..

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya concluded, "The unfortunate empiric philosophers taste the dry process of philosophical knowledge, whereas the devotees regularly drink the nectar of love of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore they are most fortunate of all."

Verse 259 of 309
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