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  "name":"Cc. Antya 4.58",
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  "label":"Text 58",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 4.58",
  "description":"\"Unless one discharges devotional service, one cannot awaken one's dormant love for Kṛṣṇa, and there is no means to attain Him other than awakening that dormant love."

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Cc. Antya 4.58

Text

'bhakti' vinā kṛṣṇe kabhu nahe 'premodaya'
prema vinā kṛṣṇa-prāpti anya haite naya

Synonyms

bhakti vinā—without devotional service; kṛṣṇe—unto Kṛṣṇa; kabhu—at any time; nahe—is not; prema-udaya—development of dormant love for Kṛṣṇa; prema vinā—without love of Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa-prāpti—attaining Kṛṣṇa; anya—anything else; haite—from; naya—is not possible.

Translation

“Unless one discharges devotional service, one cannot awaken one's dormant love for Kṛṣṇa, and there is no means to attain Him other than awakening that dormant love.