karma, tapa, yoga, jñÄna, vidhi-bhakti, japa, dhyÄna,
ihÄ haite mÄdhurya durlabha
kevala ye rÄga-mÄrge, bhaje kṛṣṇe anurÄge,
tÄre kṛṣṇa-mÄdhurya sulabha

 karma - fruitive activities; tapa - austerities; yoga - the practice of mystic yoga; jñÄna - speculative cultivation of knowledge; vidhi-bhakti - regulative principles in devotional service; japa - chanting; dhyÄna - meditation; ihÄ haite - from these things; mÄdhurya - the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa; durlabha - very difficult to perceive; kevala - only; ye - one; rÄga-mÄrge - by the path of spontaneous ecstatic love; bhaje - worships; kṛṣṇe - Lord Kṛṣṇa; anurÄge - with transcendental feeling; tÄre - unto him; kṛṣṇa-mÄdhurya - the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa's; sulabha - very easily appreciated.


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“The transcendental mellows generated from the dealings between the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa cannot be tasted by means of fruitive activity, yogic austerities, speculative knowledge, regulative devotional service, mantra-yoga or meditation. This sweetness can be tasted only through the spontaneous love of liberated persons who chant the holy names with great ecstatic love.

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