CC Madhya 24.282
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - 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 282
- ei ta' kahiluṅ tomāya vyādhera ākhyāna
- yā śunile haya sādhu-saṅga-prabhāva-jñāna
SYNONYMS
ei ta kahiluṅ — thus I have narrated; tomāya — unto you; vyādhera ākhyāna — the story of the hunter; yā śunile — hearing which; haya — there is; sādhu-saṅga — of the association of devotees; prabhāva — of the influence; jñāna — knowledge.
TRANSLATION
"Thus I have narrated the incident of the hunter. By hearing this narration, one can understand the influence of association with devotees.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to stress that even a hunter, the lowest of men, could become a topmost Vaiṣṇava simply by associating with Nārada Muni or a devotee in his bona fide disciplic succession.