CC Madhya 24.181

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

CC Madhya 24.180

CC Madhya 24.182

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 181

dhṛtiḥ syāt pūrṇatā-jñāna-
duḥkhābhāvottamāptibhiḥ
aprāptātīta-naṣṭārthā-
nabhisaṁśocanādi-kṛt

SYNONYMS

dhṛtiḥ—endurance; syāt—may become; pūrṇatā—fullness; jñāna—knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; duḥkha-abhāva—the absence of misery; uttama-āptibhiḥ—by attainment of the highest platform of perfection; aprāpta—not obtained; atīta—gone; naṣṭa—destroyed; artha—object, goal; anabhisaṁśocana—absence of lamentation; ādi—and so on; kṛt—doing.

TRANSLATION

“‘Dhṛti is the fullness felt due to the absence of misery and the attainment of knowledge of the Supreme Lord and pure love for Him. The lamentation that accrues from not obtaining a goal or from losing something already attained does not affect this completeness.’

PURPORT

This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.4.144).