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CC Madhya 24.109

Bengali

ভক্তি বিনা কেবল জ্ঞানে ‘মুক্তি’ নাহি হয় ।
ভক্তি সাধন করে যেই ‘প্রাপ্ত-ব্রহ্মলয়’ ॥ ১০৯ ॥

Text

bhakti vinā kevala jñāne ‘mukti’ nāhi haya
bhakti sādhana kare yei ‘prāpta-brahma-laya’

Synonyms

bhakti — devotional service; vinā — without; kevala — only; jñāne — by philosophical speculation; mukti — liberation; nāhi haya — there is not; bhakti — devotional service; sādhana — practice; kare — does; yei — anyone who; prāpta-brahma-laya — as good as merging into the impersonal Brahman.

Translation

“One cannot attain liberation simply through philosophical speculation devoid of devotional service. However, if one renders devotional service, he is automatically on the Brahman platform.