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CC Madhya 2.43

Bengali

অকৈতব কৃষ্ণপ্রেম,     যেন জাম্বুনদ-হেম,
সেই প্রেমা নৃলোকে না হয় ।
যদি হয় তার যোগ,     না হয় তবে বিয়োগ,
বিয়োগ হৈলে কেহ না জীয়য় ॥ ৪৩ ॥

Text

akaitava kṛṣṇa-prema,yena jāmbūnada-hema,
sei premā nṛloke nā haya
yadi haya tāra yoga,
nā haya tabe viyoga,
viyoga haile keha nā jīyaya

Synonyms

akaitava kṛṣṇa-prema — unalloyed love of Kṛṣṇa; yena — like; jāmbū-nada-hema — gold from the Jāmbū River; sei premā — that love of Godhead; nṛ-loke — in the material world; haya — is not possible; yadi — if; haya — there is; tāra — with it; yoga — connection; — not; haya — is; tabe — then; viyoga — separation; viyoga — separation; haile — if there is; keha — someone; jīyaya — cannot live.

Translation

“Pure love for Kṛṣṇa, just like gold from the Jāmbū River, does not exist in human society. If it existed, there could not be separation. If separation were there, one could not live.”