Madhya-līlāChapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.146

"ātmārāmāś ca api" kare kṛṣṇe ahaitukī bhakti

"munayaḥ santaḥ" iti kṛṣṇa-manane āsakti

SYNONYMS

ātmārāmāḥ ca api — self-realized persons also; karedo; kṛṣṇe — unto Kṛṣṇa; ahaitukī bhakti — unmotivated devotional service; munayaḥ santaḥ — great saintly persons and transcendentalists; iti — thus; kṛṣṇa-mananein 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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