CC Madhya 24.196 (1996)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 196
- udāra mahatī yāṅra sarvottamā buddhi
- nānā kāme bhaje, tabu pāya bhakti-siddhi
SYNONYMS
udāra — liberal; mahatī — great; yāṅra — whose; sarva-uttamā — first class; buddhi — intelligence; nānā — various; kāme — with desires; bhaje — engages in devotional service; tabu — still; pāya — gets; bhakti-siddhi — perfection in devotional service.
TRANSLATION
"If a person is actually liberal and intelligent, he can advance and become perfect in devotional service even if he has material desires and serves the Lord with some motive.