CC Antya 7.24
Bengali
তাতে প্রেমভক্তি — ‘পুরুষার্থ-শিরোমণি’ ।
রাগমার্গে প্রেমভক্তি ‘সর্বাধিক’ জানি ॥ ২৪ ॥
রাগমার্গে প্রেমভক্তি ‘সর্বাধিক’ জানি ॥ ২৪ ॥
Verse text
tāte prema-bhakti — ‘puruṣārtha-śiromaṇi’
rāga-mārge prema-bhakti ‘sarvādhika’ jāni
rāga-mārge prema-bhakti ‘sarvādhika’ jāni
Synonyms
Translation
“Through the mercy of Rāmānanda Rāya, I have understood that ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest goal of life and that spontaneous love of Kṛṣṇa is the highest perfection.
Purport
Puruṣārtha (“the goal of life”) generally refers to religion, economic development, satisfaction of the senses and, finally, liberation. However, above these four kinds of puruṣārthas, love of Godhead stands supreme. It is called parama-puruṣārtha (the supreme goal of life) or puruṣārtha-śiromaṇi (the most exalted of all puruṣārthas). Lord Kṛṣṇa is worshiped by regulative devotional service, but the highest perfection of devotional service is spontaneous love of Godhead.