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Verse 1

Aprākṛta-tattva (spiritual principles) is not perceivable to those whose hearts are shackled by mundane sentiments.

Verse 2

For those whose spiritual eyes have not been opened, such persons have no eligibility for prema–tattva (the principle of divine love).

Verse 3

The essence of all spiritual truth is madhura-sādhana (the cultivation of conjugal rasa), by which the sādhus attain absolute bliss.

Verse 4

That lotus (of mādhurya-rasa) has manifest as the wonderful book, Gīta Govinda, and based upon various kinds of eligibility, it either contracts or expands.

Verse 5

With the mind’s eye, a qualified person, who possesses prema, perceives Vṛndāvana with the help of eternally blissful jñāna.

Verse 6

For one who has not become qualified, but incessantly yearns for the nectar of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa prema, his desire is never fulfilled. He only sees a picture created by the schemes of Māyā.

Verse 7

He views the spiritual reality of Vṛndāvana as material and considers the glories of the Supreme to be very trivial.

Verse 8

With his mind bound to the concepts of hero and heroine, he surrenders himself to believing this book to be about mundane exploits.

Verse 9

Therefore O sādhus, while reading this book, take shelter of the spiritual bhāva within your mind.

Verse 10

Whatever was relished by the husband of Padmāvatī (Jayadeva) – that is the pure prema that you should cultivate.

Verse 11

Transcendental principles are most pure and they are the abode of sattva-guṇa. They are the repose of the sāragrāhī Vaiṣṇavas (those who seek the essence).

Verse 12

Whoever rejects Goloka Dhāma to engage their mind in tamo-dharma (religions of ignorance) is always considered to be impious.