CC Madhya 24.146

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

CC Madhya 24.145

CC Madhya 24.147

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 146

“ātmārāmāś ca api” kare kṛṣṇe ahaitukī bhakti
“munayaḥ santaḥ” iti kṛṣṇa-manane āsakti

SYNONYMS

ātmārāmāḥ ca api—self-realized persons also; kare—do; kṛṣṇe—unto Kṛṣṇa; ahaitukī bhakti—unmotivated devotional service; munayaḥ santaḥ—great saintly persons and transcendentalists; iti—thus; kṛṣṇa-manane—in meditation on Kṛṣṇa; āsakti—attraction.

TRANSLATION

“The six kinds of ātmārāmas render devotional service to Kṛṣṇa without ulterior motives. The words ‘munayaḥ’ and ‘santaḥ’ indicate those who are very much attached to meditating upon Kṛṣṇa.