CC Madhya 22.29
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22, Text 29
জ্ঞানী জীবন্মুক্তদশা পাইনু করি’ মানে ।
বস্তুতঃ বুদ্ধি ‘শুদ্ধ’ নহে কৃষ্ণভক্তি বিনে ॥ ২৯ ॥
বস্তুতঃ বুদ্ধি ‘শুদ্ধ’ নহে কৃষ্ণভক্তি বিনে ॥ ২৯ ॥
jñānī jīvan-mukta-daśā pāinu kari’ māne
vastutaḥ buddhi ‘śuddha’ nahe kṛṣṇa-bhakti vine
vastutaḥ buddhi ‘śuddha’ nahe kṛṣṇa-bhakti vine
Word by word
jñānī — the speculative philosophers; jīvan-mukta-daśā — the stage of liberation even while in this body; pāinu — I have gotten; kari’ — taking; māne — considers; vastutaḥ — factually; buddhi — intelligence; śuddha — purified; nahe — not; kṛṣṇa-bhakti vine — without devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Translation
“There are many philosophical speculators [jñānīs] belonging to the Māyāvāda school who consider themselves liberated and call themselves Nārāyaṇa. But their intelligence is not purified unless they engage in Kṛṣṇa’s devotional service.”