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

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 187

buddhye rame ātmārāma—dui ta’ prakāra
’paṇḍita’ muni-gaṇa, nirgrantha ‘mūrkha’ āra

SYNONYMS

buddhye—in intelligence; rame—who enjoys; ātmārāma—is an ātmārāma; dui ta’ prakāra—two varieties; paṇḍita—learned; muni-gaṇa—philosophers; nirgrantha—without education; mūrkha—foolish; āra—also.

TRANSLATION

“Everyone has some kind of intelligence, and one who utilizes his intelligence is called an ātmārāma. There are two types of ātmārāmas. One is a learned scholar and philosopher, and the other is an uneducated, illiterate, foolish person.