CC Madhya 24.196 (1975)

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

Madhya-līlā 24.195 - Madhya-līlā 24.197

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 196

udāra mahatī yāṅra sarvottamā buddhi

nānā kāme bhaje, tabu pāya bhakti-siddhi

SYNONYMS

udāra—liberal; mahatī—great; yāṅra—whose; sarva-uttamā—first class; buddhi—intelligence; nānā—various; kāme—with desires; bhaje—engages in devotional service; tabu—still; pāya—gets; bhakti-siddhi—perfection in devotional service.

TRANSLATION

“If a person is actually liberal and intelligent, he can advance and become perfect in devotional service even if he has material desires and serves the Lord with some motive.

Madhya-līlā 24.195 - Madhya-līlā 24.197