CC Madhya 24.180 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse

Madhya-līlā 24.179 - Madhya-līlā 24.181

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 180

kiṁvā ‘dhṛti’-śabde nija-pūrṇatādi-jñāna kaya

duḥkhābhāve uttama-prāptye mahā-pūrṇa haya

SYNONYMS

kiṁvā—or; dhṛti-śabde—by the word dhṛti; nija—own; pūrṇatā-ādi—perfection and so on; jñāna—knowledge; kaya—says; duḥkha-abhāve—in the absence of all material miseries; uttama—the best; prāptye—by obtaining; mahā-pūrṇa haya—becomes perfectly perfect.

TRANSLATION

“The word ‘dhṛti’ is also used when one is fully perfect in knowledge. When, due to having obtained the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one has no material miseries, he attains mahā-pūrṇa, the highest level of perfection.

Madhya-līlā 24.179 - Madhya-līlā 24.181