Madhya 22.29

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জ্ঞানী জীবন্মুক্তদশা পাইনু করি' মানে ।
বস্তুতঃ বুদ্ধি 'শুদ্ধ' নহে কৃষ্ণভক্তি বিনে ॥ ২৯ ॥

jnani jivan-mukta-dasa painu kari' mane

vastutah buddhi 'suddha' nahe krsna-bhakti vine

SYNONYMS

jnani-the speculative philosophers; jivan-mukta-dasa-the stage of liberation even while in this body; painu-I have gotten; kari'-taking; mane-considers; vastutah-factually; buddhi-intelligence; suddha-purified; nahe-not; krsna-bhakti vine-without devotional service to Krsna.

TRANSLATION

"There are many philosophical speculators [jnanis] belonging to the Mayavada school who consider themselves liberated and call themselves Narayana. However, their intelligence is not purified unless they engage in Krsna's devotional service.