CC Madhya 22.70
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22, Text 70
যো ভবেৎ কোমলশ্রদ্ধঃ স কনিষ্ঠো নিগদ্যতে ॥ ৭০ ॥
yo bhavet komala-śraddhaḥ
sa kaniṣṭho nigadyate
sa kaniṣṭho nigadyate
Word by word
yaḥ — anyone who; bhavet — may be; komala — soft; śraddhaḥ — having faith; saḥ — such a person; kaniṣṭhaḥ — neophyte devotee; nigadyate — is said to be.
Translation
“One whose faith is not very strong, who is just beginning, should be considered a neophyte devotee.”
Purport
This verse also appears in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.19).