CC Madhya 24.146

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

Madhya-līlā 24.145 - Madhya-līlā 24.147

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 146

"ātmārāmāś ca api" kare kṛṣṇe ahaitukī bhakti

"munayaḥ santaḥ" iti kṛṣṇa-manane āsakti

SYNONYMS

ātmārāmāḥ ca api — self-realized persons also; kare — do; kṛṣṇe — unto Kṛṣṇa; ahaitukī bhakti — unmotivated devotional service; munayaḥ santaḥ — great saintly persons and transcendentalists; iti — thus; kṛṣṇa-manane — in meditation on Kṛṣṇa; āsakti — attraction.

TRANSLATION

"The six kinds of ātmārāmas render devotional service to Kṛṣṇa without ulterior motives. The words 'munayaḥ' and 'santaḥ' indicate those who are very much attached to meditating upon Kṛṣṇa.

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