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CC Madhya 18.196

Bengali

‘কর্ম’, ‘জ্ঞান’, ‘যোগ’ আগে করিয়া স্থাপন ।
সব খণ্ডি’ স্থাপে ‘ঈশ্বর’, ‘তাঁহার সেবন’ ॥ ১৯৬ ॥

Text

‘karma’, ‘jñāna’, ‘yoga’ āge kariyā sthāpana
saba khaṇḍi’ sthāpe ‘īśvara’, ‘tāṅhāra sevana’

Synonyms

karma — fruitive activities; jñāna — speculative knowledge; yoga — mystic power; āge — in the beginning; kariyā sthāpana — establishing; saba khaṇḍi’ — refuting everything; sthāpe — establishes; īśvara — the Personality of Godhead; tāṅhāra sevana — His service.

Translation

“In the Koran there are descriptions of fruitive activity, speculative knowledge, mystic power and union with the Supreme, but ultimately all this is refuted and the Lord’s personal feature established, along with His devotional service.