5.103

’rasa’, ’rasabhasa’ yara nahika vicara

bhakti-siddhanta-sindhu nahi paya para

SYNONYMS

rasa—transcendental mellows; rasa-abhasa—overlapping of transcendental mellows; yara—of whom; nahika vicara—there is no consideration; bhakti-siddhanta-sindhu—the ocean of the conclusions of devotional service; nahi—not; paya—attains; para—the limit "A so-called poet who has no knowledge of transcendentaI mellows and the overlapping of transcendental mellows cannot cross the ocean of the conclusions of devotional service.