CC Madhya 8.220 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya-līlā 8.219 - Madhya-līlā 8.221

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 220

sei gopī-bhāvāmṛte yāṅra lobha haya

veda-dharma-loka tyaji’ se kṛṣṇe bhajaya

SYNONYMS

sei — that; gopī — of the gopīs; bhāva-amṛte — in the nectar of the ecstasy; yāṅra — whose; lobha — attachment; haya — is; veda-dharma — religious principles of the Vedas; loka — popular opinion; tyaji’ — giving up; se — he; kṛṣṇe — unto Kṛṣṇa; bhajaya — renders loving service.

TRANSLATION

“One who is attracted by that ecstatic love of the gopīs does not care about popular opinion or the regulative principles of Vedic life. Rather, he completely surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa and renders service unto Him.

Madhya-līlā 8.219 - Madhya-līlā 8.221