CC Madhya 20.380 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 380
- vayaso vividhatve ’pi
- sarva-bhakti-rasāśrayaḥ
- dharmī kiśora evātra
- nitya-līlā-vilāsavān
SYNONYMS
vayasaḥ—of age; vividhatve—in varieties; api—although; sarva—of all kinds; bhakti-rasa-āśrayaḥ—the shelter of devotional service; dharmī—whose constitutional nature; kiśoraḥ—in the age before youth; eva—certainly; atra—in this; nitya-līlā—of eternal pastimes; vilāsa-vān—the supreme enjoyer.
TRANSLATION
“‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead is eternally enjoying Himself, and He is the shelter of all kinds of devotional service. Although His ages are various, His age known as kiśora [pre-youth] is best of all.’
PURPORT
This verse is found in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.1.63).