CC Madhya 24.286

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

CC Madhya 24.285

CC Madhya 24.287

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 286

tāṅte rame yei, sei saba—‘ātmārāma’
’vidhi-bhakta’, ‘rāga-bhakta’,—dui-vidha nāma

SYNONYMS

tāṅte—in all those Supreme Personalities of Godhead; rame—takes pleasure in devotional service; yei—those persons who; sei saba—all of them; ātmārāma—are also known as ātmārāma; vidhi-bhakta—devotees following the regulative principles; rāga-bhakta—devotees following spontaneous love; dui-vidha nāma—two different varieties.

TRANSLATION

“One who always engages in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called ātmārāma. There are two types of ātmārāmas. One is an ātmārāma engaged in regulative devotional service, and the other is an ātmārāma engaged in spontaneous devotional service.