CC Antya 16.28
Antya-līlā, Chapter 16, Text 28
শুনি’ ঠাকুর কহে, — “শাস্ত্র এই সত্য কয় ।
সেই শ্রেষ্ঠ, ঐছে যাঁতে কৃষ্ণভক্তি হয় ॥ ২৮ ॥
সেই শ্রেষ্ঠ, ঐছে যাঁতে কৃষ্ণভক্তি হয় ॥ ২৮ ॥
śuni’ ṭhākura kahe, — “śāstra ei satya kaya
sei śreṣṭha, aiche yāṅte kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya
sei śreṣṭha, aiche yāṅte kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya
Word by word
śuni’ — hearing; ṭhākura kahe — Jhaḍu Ṭhākura said; śāstra — revealed scripture; ei — this; satya — truth; kaya — says; sei — he; śreṣṭha — best; aiche — in such a way; yāṅte — in whom; kṛṣṇa-bhakti — devotion to Kṛṣṇa; haya — there is.
Translation
Hearing these quotations from the revealed scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Jhaḍu Ṭhākura replied, “Yes, this is true, for it is the version of śāstra. It is true, however, for one who is genuinely advanced in devotion to Kṛṣṇa.”