CC Madhya 24.146 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - 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 146
- "ātmārāmāś ca api" kare kṛṣṇe ahaitukī bhakti
- "munayaḥ santaḥ" iti kṛṣṇa-manane āsakti
SYNONYMS
ātmārāmāḥ ca api—self-realized persons also; kare—do; kṛṣṇe—unto Kṛṣṇa; ahaitukī bhakti—unmotivated devotional service; munayaḥ santaḥ—great saintly persons and transcendentalists; iti—thus; kṛṣṇa-manane—in meditation on Kṛṣṇa; āsakti—attraction.
TRANSLATION
"The six kinds of ātmārāmas render devotional service to Kṛṣṇa without ulterior motives. The words munayaḥ and santaḥ indicate those who are very attached to meditating upon Kṛṣṇa.