CC Madhya 24.118

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

CC Madhya 24.117

CC Madhya 24.119

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 118

nava-yogīśvara janma haite ‘sādhaka’ jñānī
vidhi-śiva-nārada-mukhe kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni’

SYNONYMS

nava—nine; yogī-īśvara—great saintly yogīs; janma haite—from the very birth; sādhaka—practicers; jñānī—well versed in transcendental knowledge; vidhi—Lord Brahmā; śiva—Lord Śiva; nārada—the great sage Nārada; mukhe—in their mouths; kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni’—hearing the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

“From their very births, the nine great mystic yogīs [Yogendras] were impersonal philosophers of the Absolute Truth. But because they heard about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s qualities from Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the great sage Nārada, they also became Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.