Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya-lila

Chapter 18: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Visit to Sri Vrindavana. Text 194

tÄá¹…ra sevÄ vinÄ jÄ«vera nÄ yÄya 'saá¹sÄra'
tÄá¹…hÄra caraṇe prÄ«ti — 'puruá¹£Ärtha-sÄra'

 tÄá¹…ra - His; sevÄ - service; vinÄ - without; jÄ«vera - of the conditioned soul; nÄ - not; yÄya - finishes; saá¹sÄra - material bondage; tÄá¹…hÄra - His; caraṇe - at the lotus feet; prÄ«ti - love; puruá¹£Ärtha-sÄra - the ultimate goal of life.


Text

“No conditioned soul can get out of material bondage without serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Love at His lotus feet is the ultimate goal of life.

Purport

According to the Muslim scripture, without evÄdat, offering prayers at a mosque or elsewhere five times daily (namÄz), one cannot be successful in life. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu pointed out that in the revealed scripture of the Muslims, love of Godhead is the ultimate goal. Karma-yoga and jñÄna-yoga are certainly described in the Koran, but ultimately the Koran states that the ultimate goal is the offering of prayers to the Supreme Person (evÄdat).