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| Antya-lila | Chapter 7: The Meeting of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Vallabha Bhatta |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 7.27
SYNONYMS
na -- not; ayam -- this Lord Sri Krsna; sukha-apah -- easily available; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dehinam -- for materialistic persons who have accepted the body as the self; gopika-sutah -- the son of mother Yasoda; jnaninam -- for persons addicted to mental speculation; ca -- and; atma-bhutanam -- for persons performing severe austerities and penances or for personal associates; yatha -- as; bhakti-matam -- for persons engaged in spontaneous devotional service; iha -- in this world.
TRANSLATION
"'The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the son of mother Yasoda, is accessible to those devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.'
PURPORT
This verse is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.9.21).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness