TEXT 14
cira-kala nahi kari prema-bhakti dana
bhakti vina jagatera nahi avasthana
SYNONYMS
cira-kalafor a long time; nahi kariI have not done; prema-bhaktiloving devotional service; danagiving; bhaktidevotional service; vinawithout; jagateraof the universe; nahinot; avasthanaexistence.
TRANSLATION
"For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service to Me upon the inhabitants of the world. Without such loving attachment, the existence of the material world is useless.
PURPORT
The Lord seldom awards pure transcendental love, but without such pure love of God, freed from fruitive activities and empiric speculation, one cannot attain perfection in life.

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