CC Madhya 22.68 (1996)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service

Madhya-līlā 22.67 - Madhya-līlā 22.69

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 68

yaḥ śāstrādiṣv anipuṇaḥ

śraddhāvān sa tu madhyamaḥ

SYNONYMS

yaḥ — anyone who; śāstra-ādiṣu — in the revealed scriptures; anipuṇaḥ — not very expert; śraddhāvān — full of faith; saḥ — he; tu — certainly; madhyamaḥ — second-class or middle-class devotee.

TRANSLATION

"'He who does not know scriptural argument very well but who has firm faith is called an intermediate or second-class devotee.'

PURPORT

This verse appears in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.18).

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