Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

sri sri guru-gauranga-gandharvika-giridharebhyo namah

jagate uccatara srenir manava-ganer madhye para laukika
visvasa rajye bharmana koribar tinati patha ache, taha
karma, jnano o bhakti name prasiddha baddha dasaya jiver
anitya bhoga maya phala praptir anusthanake karma margo,
nasvarata tyagakoriya pradesika anitya phala tyaga koriya
nirbheda brahmanusandhanake jnana marga evam karma
jnanatita prakrtir atita sevya vastu krsner anukula
anusilana ke bhakti marga bole

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

prakrta cestate bhai kabhu rasa haya na jadiya prkrta rasa suddha bhakta gaya na

"O brothers! No material efforts can ever produce the awakening or rasa, factual transcendental mellows. The pure devotee of the Lord never sings the glories of any mundane mellows that are born of the dull material world."

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

nija bhogya kame bhakta prema kabhu bole na rase dagamaga acho sisye guru bole na

"Selfish enjoyment of one's own senses in mundane lust is never called prema (love of Godhead) by the genuine devotee. A bonafide spiritual master never tells his disciple, 'You are absorbed in the mellows of divine rasa.'"

"The genuine spiritual master never claims, ' I am absorbed in the mellows of divine rasa.' The guru never talks idly with his disciples on subjects of gross worldly mellows."

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

rati yukta chada suddha bhakta bole na sadhanete tari rasa guru kabhu bole na

"The pure devotee of Krishna never speaks of anything other than rasa, transcendental mellows, that is endowed with rati, loving attachment. The guru never claims that rati and rasa are present within the practice of preliminary devotion (sadhana bhakti)."

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

raganuga boile i prapta rasa jane na vidhi sodhya jane jabhu raganuga bole na

"Divine rasa can never be factually attained merely by talking of spontaneous devotion [by claiming " I am a raganuga-bhakta."] A beginning student who should still be further purified by following the scriptural injunctions is never said to be on the level of performing spontaneous loving service unto the Lord."