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CC Madhya 24.196

Bengali

উদার মহতী যাঁর সর্বোত্তমা বুদ্ধি ।
নানা কামে ভজে, তবু পায় ভক্তিসিদ্ধি ॥ ১৯৬ ॥

Text

udāra mahatī yāṅra sarvottamā buddhi
nānā kāme bhaje, tabu pāya bhakti-siddhi

Synonyms

udāra — liberal; mahatī — great; yāṅra — whose; sarva-uttamā — first class; buddhi — intelligence; nānā — various; kāme — with desires; bhaje — engages in devotional service; tabu — still; pāya — gets; bhakti-siddhi — perfection in devotional service.

Translation

“If a person is actually liberal and intelligent, he can advance and become perfect in devotional service even if he has material desires and serves the Lord with some motive.