PURPORT

This is a verse spoken by Narada Muni in Lalita-madhava-nataka (6.14), a drama written by Srila Rupa Gosvami. This verse clarifies the verse siddhantatas tv abhede 'pi, which Kaviraja Gosvami quotes from Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself spoke it to Vyeṅkata Bhatta. The verse was quoted by Lord Caitanya long before Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu was composed, and in this regard Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura points out that all these verses were current at the time and were quoted by devotees long before Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu was composed.