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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 5.10
SYNONYMS
dharmah -- execution of the system of varna and asrama; su-anusthitah -- properly executed; pumsam -- of men; visvaksena-kathasu -- in talks about Visvaksena, or Krsna; yah -- which; na -- not; utpadayet -- awakens; yadi -- if; ratim -- taste; sramah -- labor; eva -- without doubt; hi -- certainly; kevalam -- only.
TRANSLATION
"'A person who properly performs his regulative duties according to varna and asrama but does not develop his dormant attachment for Krsna or awaken his taste for hearing and chanting about Krsna is certainly laboring fruitlessly.'"
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.8).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness