CC Madhya 21.119
Bengali
কর্ম, তপ, যোগ, জ্ঞান, বিধি-ভক্তি, জপ, ধ্যান,
ইহা হৈতে মাধুর্য দুর্লভ ।
কেবল যে রাগমার্গে, ভজে কৃষ্ণে অনুরাগে,
তারে কৃষ্ণমাধুর্য সুলভ ॥ ১১৯ ॥
ইহা হৈতে মাধুর্য দুর্লভ ।
কেবল যে রাগমার্গে, ভজে কৃষ্ণে অনুরাগে,
তারে কৃষ্ণমাধুর্য সুলভ ॥ ১১৯ ॥
Verse text
karma, tapa, yoga, jñāna, vidhi-bhakti, japa, dhyāna,
ihā haite mādhurya durlabha
kevala ye rāga-mārge, bhaje kṛṣṇe anurāge,
tāre kṛṣṇa-mādhurya sulabha
ihā haite mādhurya durlabha
kevala ye rāga-mārge, bhaje kṛṣṇe anurāge,
tāre kṛṣṇa-mādhurya sulabha
Synonyms
karma — fruitive activities; tapa — austerities; yoga — the practice of mystic yoga; jñāna — speculative cultivation of knowledge; vidhi-bhakti — regulative principles in devotional service; japa — chanting; dhyāna — meditation; ihā haite — from these things; mādhurya — the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa; durlabha — very difficult to perceive; kevala — only; ye — one who; rāga-mārge — by the path of spontaneous ecstatic love; bhaje — worships; kṛṣṇe — Lord Kṛṣṇa; anurāge — with transcendental feeling; tāre — unto him; kṛṣṇa-mādhurya — the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s; sulabha — very easily appreciated.
Translation
“The transcendental mellows generated from the dealings between the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa cannot be tasted by means of fruitive activity, yogic austerities, speculative knowledge, regulative devotional service, mantra-yoga or meditation. This sweetness can be tasted only through the spontaneous love of liberated persons who chant the holy names with great ecstatic love.