CC Madhya 24.282

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

CC Madhya 24.281

CC Madhya 24.283

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 282

ei ta’ kahiluṅ tomāya vyādhera ākhyāna
yā śunile haya sādhu-saṅga-prabhāva-jñāna

SYNONYMS

ei ta’ kahiluṅ—thus I have narrated; tomāya—unto you; vyādhera ākhyāna—the story of the hunter; yā śunile—hearing which; haya—there is; sādhu-saṅga—of the association of devotees; prabhāva—of the influence; jñāna—knowledge.

TRANSLATION

“Thus I have narrated the incident of the hunter. By hearing this narration, one can understand the influence of association with devotees.

PURPORT

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to stress that even a hunter, the lowest of men, could become a topmost Vaiṣṇava simply by associating with Nārada Muni or a devotee in his bona fide disciplic succession.