CC Madhya 24.218

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

CC Madhya 24.217

CC Madhya 24.219

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 218

dehārāmī, sarva-kāma—saba ātmārāma
kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya kṛṣṇa bhaje chāḍi’ saba kāma

SYNONYMS

dehārāmī—persons who are in the bodily concept of life; sarva-kāma—full of all material desires; saba—all; ātmārāma—enjoying self-satisfaction; kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya—by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa bhaje—become engaged in the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa; chāḍi’ saba kāma—giving up all sorts of material desires.

TRANSLATION

“As long as one labors under the bodily conception, he must fulfill volumes and volumes of material desires. Thus a person is called ātmārāma. When such an ātmārāma is favored by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, he gives up his so-called self-satisfaction and engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.