2.48

krsna-prema sunirmala, yena suddha-ganga-jala, sei prema--amrtera sindhu

nirmala se anurage, na lukaya anya dage, sukla-vastre yaiche masi-bindu

SYNONYMS

krsna-prema—love of Krsna; su-nirmala—without material contamination; yena—exactly like; suddha-ganga-jala—the pure water of the Ganges; sei prema—that love; amrtera sindhu—the ocean of nectar; nirmala—pure; se—that; anurage—attraction; na lukaya—does not conceal; anya—other; dage—spot; sukla-vastre—on white cloth; yaiche—as; masi-bindu—a spot of ink "Love for Lord Krsna is very pure, just like the waters of the Ganges.

That love is an ocean of nectar.

That pure attachment to Krsna does not conceal any spot, which would appear just like a spot of ink on a white cloth.

PURPORT

Unalloyed love of Krsna is just like a big sheet of white cloth.

Absence of attachment is compared to a black spot on that white cloth.

Just as the black spot is prominent, so the absence of love of Godhead is prominent on the platform of pure love of Godhead.