CC Madhya 22.69

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22, Text 69

যাহার কোমল শ্রদ্ধা, সে ‘কনিষ্ঠ’ জন ।
ক্রমে ক্রমে তেঁহো ভক্ত হইবে ‘উত্তম’ ॥ ৬৯ ॥

yāhāra komala śraddhā, se ‘kaniṣṭha’ jana
krame krame teṅho bhakta ha-ibe ‘uttama’

Word by word

yāhāra — whose; komala śraddhā — soft faith; se — such a person; kaniṣṭha jana — a neophyte devotee; krame krame — by a gradual progression; teṅho — he; bhakta — devotee; ha-ibe — will become; uttama — first class.

Translation

“One whose faith is soft and pliable is called a neophyte, but by gradually following the process he will rise to the platform of a first-class devotee.”