Madhya 8.259

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অভাগিয়া জ্ঞানী আস্বাদয়ে শুষ্ক জ্ঞান ।
কৃষ্ণ-প্রেমামৃত পান করে ভাগ্যবান্ ॥ ২৫৯ ॥

abhagiya jnani asvadaye suska jnana

krsna-premamrta pana kare bhagyavan

SYNONYMS

abhagiya-unfortunate; jnani-the philosophical speculators; asvadaye-taste; suska-dry; jnana-empiric knowledge; krsna-prema-amrta-the nectar of love of Krsna; pana-drinking; kare-do; bhagyavan-the fortunate.

TRANSLATION

Ramananda Raya concluded, "The unfortunate empiric philosophers taste the dry process of philosophical knowledge, whereas the devotees regularly drink the nectar of love of Krsna. Therefore they are most fortunate of all."