CC Madhya 22.68

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22, Text 68

যঃ শাস্ত্রাদিষ্বনিপুণঃ শ্রদ্ধাবান্‌ স তু মধ্যমঃ ॥ ৬৮ ॥

yaḥ śāstrādiṣv anipuṇaḥ
śraddhāvān sa tu madhyamaḥ

Word by word

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).