16.28

suni’ thakura kahe,--"sastra ei satya kaya

sei srestha, aiche yante krsna-bhakti haya

SYNONYMS

suni’-hearing; thakura kahe—Jhadu Thakura said; sastra—revealed scripture; ei—this; satya—truth; kaya—says; sei—he; srestha—best; aiche—in such a way; yante—in whom; krsna-bhakti—devotion to Krsna; haya—there is.

Hearing these quotations from the revealed scripture Srimad-Bhagavatam, Jhadu Thakura replied, "Yes, this is true, for it is the version of sastra.

It is true, however, for one who is genuinely advanced in devotion to Krsna.