CC Madhya 24.218 (1975)

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

Madhya-līlā 24.217 - Madhya-līlā 24.219

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 218

dehārāmī, sarva-kāma—saba ātmārāma

kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya kṛṣṇa bhaje chāḍi’ saba kāma

SYNONYMS

dehārāmī—persons who are in the bodily concept of life; sarva-kāma—full of all material desires; saba—all; ātmārāma—enjoying self-satisfaction; kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya—by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa bhaje—become engaged in the devotional service of Lord Kṛṣṇa; chāḍi’ saba kāma—giving up all sorts of material desires.

TRANSLATION

“As long as one labors under the bodily conception, he must fulfill volumes and volumes of material desires. Thus a person is called ātmārāma. When such an ātmārāma is favored by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, he gives up his so-called self-satisfaction and engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.

Madhya-līlā 24.217 - Madhya-līlā 24.219