CC Madhya 24.183
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 183
- mat-sevayā pratītaṁ te
- sālokyādi-catuṣṭayam
- necchanti sevayā pūrṇāḥ
- kuto ‘nyat kāla-viplutam
SYNONYMS
mat — of Me; sevayā — by service; pratītam — obtained; te — they; sālokya-ādi — liberation, beginning with sālokya; catuṣṭayam — the four kinds of; na icchanti — do not desire; sevayā — by service; pūrṇāḥ — complete; kutaḥ — where; anyat — other things; kāla-viplutam — which are lost in time.
TRANSLATION
"'My devotees, having fulfilled their desires by serving Me, do not accept the four kinds of salvation that are easily earned by such service. Why then should they accept any pleasures that are lost in the course of time?'
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 9.4.67).