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CC Madhya 19.219

Bengali

কেবল ‘স্বরূপ-জ্ঞান’ হয় শান্ত-রসে ।
‘পূর্ণৈশ্বর্যপ্ৰভু প্ৰভু-জ্ঞান’ অধিক হয় দাস্যে ॥ ২১৯ ॥

Text

kevala ‘svarūpa-jñāna’ haya śānta-rase
‘pūrṇaiśvarya-prabhu-jñāna’ adhika haya dāsye

Synonyms

kevala — only; svarūpa-jñāna — knowledge of the constitutional position of one’s self; haya — there is; śānta-rase — in the mellow of neutrality; pūrṇa-aiśvarya-prabhu-jñāna — knowledge of the full opulences of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhika — greater; haya — becomes; dāsye — in the transcendental mellow of servitude.

Translation

“On the platform of śānta-rasa, one realizes only his constitutional position. But when one is raised to the platform of dāsya-rasa, he better understands the full opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.