CC Madhya 24.218 (1975)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmārāma Verse
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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 desire.
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.