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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 175

’muni’-śabde—pakṣī, bhṛṅga; ‘nirgranthe’—mūrkha-jana
kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya sādhu-kṛpāya doṅhāra bhajana

SYNONYMS

muni-śabde—by the word muni; pakṣī—bird; bhṛṅga—bumblebee; nirgranthe—by the word nirgrantha; mūrkha-jana—foolish people; kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya—by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa; sādhu-kṛpāya—by the mercy of a devotee; doṅhāra bhajana—engages in devotional service of both (Kṛṣṇa and his spiritual master or the sādhu).

TRANSLATION

“The word ‘muni’ also means ‘bird’ and ‘bumblebee.’ The word ‘nirgrantha’ refers to foolish people. By the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, such creatures contact a sādhu [spiritual master] and thus engage in devotional service.