# Cc. Madhya 22.68 > যঃ শাস্ত্রাদিষ্বনিপুণঃ শ্রদ্ধাবান্‌ স তু মধ্যমঃ ॥৬৮॥ ## Text > yaḥ śāstrādiṣv anipuṇaḥ > śraddhāvān sa tu madhyamaḥ ## Synonyms *yaḥ*—anyone who; *śāstra-ādiṣu*—in the revealed scriptures; *anipuṇaḥ*—not very expert; *śraddhāvān*—full of faith; *saḥ*—he; *tu*—certainly; *madhyamaḥ*—second-class or middle-class devotee. ## Translation **“ 'He who does not know scriptural argument very well but who has firm faith is called an intermediate or second-class devotee.'** ## Purport This verse appears in the *Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu* (1.2.18).