CC Madhya 24.118

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

Madhya-līlā 24.117 - Madhya-līlā 24.119

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 118

nava-yogīśvara janma haite 'sādhaka' jñānī

vidhi-śiva-nārada-mukhe kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni'

SYNONYMS

nava — nine; yogī-īśvara — great saintly yogīs; janma haite — from the very birth; sādhaka — practicers; jñānī — well versed in transcendental knowledge; vidhi — Lord Brahmā; śiva — Lord Śiva; nārada — the great sage Nārada; mukhe — in their mouths; kṛṣṇa-guṇa śuni — hearing the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

"From their very births, the nine great mystic yogīs [Yogendras] were impersonal philosophers of the Absolute Truth. But because they heard about Lord Kṛṣṇa's qualities from Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the great sage Nārada, they also became Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.

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