bhakti vinÄ kevala jñÄne 'mukti' nÄhi haya
bhakti sÄdhana kare yei 'prÄpta-brahma-laya'

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: SB(1)

 bhakti - devotional service; vinÄ - without; kevala - only; jñÄne - by philosophical speculation; mukti - liberation; nÄhi haya - there is not; bhakti - devotional service; sÄdhana - practice; kare - does; yei - anyone who; prÄpta-brahma-laya - as good as merging into the impersonal Brahman.


Text

“One cannot attain liberation simply through philosophical speculation devoid of devotional service. However, if one renders devotional service, he is automatically on the Brahman platform.

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